BREAST CANCER NOW TISSUE BANK

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  272941

• Research summary

  Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank (BCNTB)

• REC name

  East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  23/EE/0229

• Date of REC Opinion

  21 Nov 2023

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Patients who are eligible will be provided with the patient information sheet (PIS) by trained staff,the PIS introduces and discusses the research work, and what the samples may be used for after donation. They will be encouraged to ask questions and if happy to donate, will be requested to include their initials to show agreement and sign the consent form providing authorisation to use the samples (tissue or other biological sample) and associated data.
  Samples and data once collected are stored securely in accordance with the human tissue act 2004, the General data protection regulation 2018 and Data Protection act 2018 UK.

• Research programme

  The bank serves the community of breast cancer researchers in academia and industry, both in the UK and worldwide. The variety of sample types collected supports many current and developing areas of breast cancer research. These include immunotherapy and the immune response to cancer (tissue samples and white blood cells), inherited genetics and tumour genomic research (white blood cells and tumour tissue) and biomarker development, including circulating tumour DNA and longitudinal analysis (plasma samples).

• Storage license

  12199

• RTBTitle

  Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank (BCNTB)

• Establishment organisation

  Barts Cancer Institute

• Establishment organisation address

  John Vane Science Building

  Charterhouse Square

  London

  EC1M 6BQ