Wales Cancer Biobank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  301945

• Research summary

  Wales Cancer Biobank

• REC name

  Wales REC 3

• REC reference

  21/WA/0234

• Date of REC Opinion

  17 Sep 2021

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Tissue, blood and bodily fluid samples are collected from patients in Wales with a suspected or confirmed cancer diagnosis, from cancer screening and/or from cancer risk reduction procedures. A variety of tumour types and formats is being stored to facilitate future research into cancer. Patients are asked to consent to allow WCB to bank any tissue that is surplus to diagnostic requirements and take a blood sample. Samples are collected and processed to SOP and stored on HTA licensed premises.
  

• Research programme

  Researchers involved in cancer research or research to benefit cancer patients in the UK and worldwide, can apply to the biobank for approval to access samples, images or data. All samples, images and data are issued anonymously to researchers, so no patients can be individually identified. Researchers can be based in academia, the NHS or for-profit companies. Applications are scrutinised by expert reviewers to ensure samples are being well used.

• Storage license

  12107

• RTBTitle

  Wales Cancer Biobank

• Establishment organisation

  Cardiff University

• Establishment organisation address

  Park Place

  Cardiff

  CF10 3AT