Esophageal cancer biobank, 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: Banking fresh esophageal cancer tissue for the purpose of constructing patient's tumor-derived xenograft to test the safety and efficacy of anticancer drugs delivered though our hydrogel bioahesive device.

Registered Biobank Name	Esophageal cancer biobank
Biobank Leader	Zu-hua Gao
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	zuhua.gao@bccancer.bc.ca
Principal Investigator	Zu-hua Gao
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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