Vancouver Prostate Centre Genitourinary BioBank A Collection of Biospecimens and Data for Research, Canada

Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The purpose of the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) Tissue Bank & Biorepository is to store fresh frozen and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples, blood and urine from a wide spectrum of patients with different genitourinary conditions, including cancers, with the intention of providing these samples to the research scientists at VPC for ongoing and future clinical, molecular and genetic investigations. This process will involve explicit patient consent, and will incorporate only tissues that would have been removed at the time of surgery or biopsy regardless of any tissue banking.

Registered Biobank Name	Vancouver Prostate Centre Genitourinary BioBank A Collection of Biospecimens and Data for Research
Biobank Leader	Dr. Htoo Zarni Oo
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	hoo@prostatecentre.com
Principal Investigator	Dr. Peter Black
User Type Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper

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