Cardiothoracic Research Biobank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  353080

• Research summary

  North-West Cardiothoracic Tissue and Biofluid Research Tissue Bank (CTRTB)

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  26/YH/0058

• Date of REC Opinion

  16 Apr 2026

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  
  We wish to collect and store blood, saliva, urine, stool and tissue samples from patients with suspected and confirmed lung cancer to support
  future research into the cause, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of this disease. Patients will be identified and consented for their samples to be stored in the cardiothoracic research tissue bank. Samples will be taken at the time of routine clinical care. Anonymised clinical and demographic data will be
  collected to ensure these samples provide a unique resource for lung cancer research.
  

• Research programme

  These samples will be made available (on application) to researchers from within the Lancashire and South Cumbria region, but also more widely across the North West and, if ethical approvals are in place, to researchers from elsewhere in the country and abroad. This will support a range of translational research projects into cardiothoracic malignancies.

• Storage license

  12056

• RTBTitle

  North-West Cardiothoracic Tissue and Biofluid Research Tissue Bank (CTRTB)

• Establishment organisation

  Lancashire teaching hospitals

• Establishment organisation address

  Sharoe Green lane

  Preston

  PR2 9HT