Royal Marsden Generic Tissue Bank
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
IRAS ID
353952
Research summary
Royal Marsden Generic Tissue Bank
REC name
London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/LO/0446
Date of REC Opinion
11 Sep 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The Royal Marsden Generic Tissue Bank was established in 2011, and has been collecting tumour tissue and blood samples for over 13 years. The RM GTB has amassed 34,000 thousand samples from a range of cancers. This includes frozen tissue, blood and other samples (bodily fluids) from patients who are diagnosed or referred to the
Royal Marsden for cancer treatment. Samples are stored within the Centre for Molecular Pathology, a building that brings scientists and clinical staff together for the purposes of translational research.
All new patients attending the hospital receive a patient information leaflet, prior to their first appointment, inviting them to consent for the storage of their tissue and data for future research.
The Biobank team are trained to take informed consent and will be available to answer any questions when obtaining consent from the patients.Research programme
The Generic Tissue Bank forms part of the Biomedical Research Centre strategy designed to support complex translational studies and clinical trials. The aim is to develop novel technologies and stratified targeted therapies to help improve patient outcomes and avoid unpleasant side effects in those individual patients that may not require chemotherapy. The availability of a large bank of samples will allow scientists and clinicians to translate discoveries in the laboratory and apply them directly to patients in the clinic, a true bench to bedside approach.
Storage license
30000
RTBTitle
Royal Marsden Generic Tissue Bank
Establishment organisation
Royal Marsden Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Fulham Road
London
Sw3 6JJ