Barts Gynae Tissue Bank (20/EE/0193 Renewal)

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  355847

• Research summary

  Barts Gynae Tissue Bank

• REC name

  East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  26/EE/0007

• Date of REC Opinion

  26 Feb 2026

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  We intend to create a collection of gynaecological cancer and other malignant and benign control tissues including ascites, blood, urine and primary surgical tissues as well as blood and urine donations from healthy volunteers. This collection of tissue will be used for research into improving the outlook for women with gynaecological cancers. Suitable patients will be approached by trained members of their healthcare team or trained members of the BGTB team to discuss and gain informed consent. These same members will be responsible for the collection and storage of tissues and routine pseudonymised clinical data.

• Research programme

  The human tissue is primarily collected from patients treated at Barts and currently supports several research programmes at the Barts Cancer Institute. These include research into adenoviral gene therapy and chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer (Dr Lockley - CRUK), modelling the human omentum in high grade serous ovarian cancer (Prof Balkwill - ERC) and identifying new treatments for mismatch repair deficient endometrial cancer (Dr Sarah Martin – Wellbeing of Women). Our tissue is also utilised by researchers at other academic institutes including University College London and the Francis Crick Institute as well as industrial collaborators.

• Storage license

  12199

• RTBTitle

  Barts Gynae Tissue Bank

• Establishment organisation

  Queen Mary University of London - Barts Cancer Institute

• Establishment organisation address

  Barts Cancer Institute

  John Vane Science Centre

  Charterhouse Square, London

  EC1M 6BQ