During project “Definition of Minimum Standards for CINSW BSN Biobanks”, we compiled a complete list of cancer biobanks in Australia. Information on these 22 biobanks is listed below, including name, access to samples, type of samples collected, sample formats available, and individual biobank website.

NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS OF BIOBANK	ACCESS TO SAMPLES	TYPE OF SAMPLES COLLECTED	SAMPLE FORMATS AVAILABLE
kan.chenATsydney.edu.au	Collaborative access	Mesothelioma, other lung cancers	Fresh frozen: blood, normal tissue, tumour
ussha.pillaiATsydney.edu.au	Open access	Breast	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour
a.johnsATgarvan.org.au	Open access	Pancreas	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour, patient-derived xenografts, cell lines, nucleic acid analytes. Ambient: TMAs. Other: tissue images
sonia.yipATctc.usyd.edu.au	Contact biobank	Gastro-intestinal (AGITG clinical trials), lung, gynaecological (ANZGOG clinical trials), prostate (ANZUP clinical trials), neurological (COGNO clinical trials).	Specific to individual clinical trial protocols. Samples that may be collected include: fresh frozen: serum, plasma, buffy coat, other derivatives, normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: tumour.
biobankingenquiriesATnswcc.org.au	Contact biobank	Study-specific sample types	Fresh frozen: blood, blood products. Ambient: cytology smears, skin swabs.
TMcCorquodaleATccia.unsw.edu.au	Collaborative access	Paediatric cancer and normal tissue	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, bone marrow aspirate, normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour, Guthrie cards.
tumourbankchw.schnAThealth.nsw.gov.au	Open access	Paediatric cancer and normal tissue	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, bone marrow aspirate, normal tissue, tumour.
Nicole.CaixeiroATsswahs.nsw.gov.au	Open access	Head/neck, gastro-intestinal tract, neurological, melanoma/skin	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products. normal tissue, tumour
Garvan Breast Cancer Biobanka.hollidayATgarvan.org.au	Collaborative access	Breast	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour, live cells, DNA.
c.kennedyATsydney.edu.au	Open access	Gynaecological, colorectal	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, DNA (germline and tumour), RNA, normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: FFPE normal tissue, tumour, blocks, sections, TMA sections.
Hepatocellular Cancer CirrhosisG.McCaughanATcentenary.usyd.edu.au	Collaborative access	Liver tissue- cancer and non-cancer	Fresh frozen: serum, tumour
HNELHD-cancerbiobankATnsw.gov.au	Open access	All cancer types: not leukaemia, not myeloma	Ambient: FFPE tumour
ussha.pillaiATsydney.edu.au https://apotheeknederland.com/ - Apotheek Nederland.	Open access	Breast, gynaecological, upper gastro-intestinal tract, endocrine, neurological	Fresh frozen: serum, whole blood, normal tissue, tumour
Lung Cancer Biobankm.corishATgarvan.org.au	Contact biobank	Lung tissue- cancer and non-cancer	Fresh frozen: tumour
Melanoma Institute Australia Biospecimen Bank for Melanoma ResearchValerie.JakrotATmelanoma.org.au	Collaborative access	Melanoma and skin, benign naevi	Fresh frozen: normal tissue, tumour.
Nepean Cancer Research Biobanklisa.kayATsydney.edu.au	Open access	Lung, upper gastro-intestinal tract	Fresh frozen: blood, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour
Ovarian Cancer Biobankg.samimiATgarvan.org.au	Open access	Ovarian and gynaecological cancer, benign ovarian tissue	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, brushings, normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour
Royal Prince Alfred Breast Cancer Biobanka.hollidayATgarvan.org.au	Collaborative access	Breast	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour, live cells, DNA
Storr Liver Unitjacob.georgeATsydney.edu.au	Collaborative access	Liver tissue- cancer and non-cancer	Fresh frozen: blood, serum, plasma, DNA, tumour
a.haynesATgarvan.org.au	Open access	Prostate- cancer and normal	Fresh frozen: cores from radical prostatectomies, whole blood, buffy coat cells, serum, plasma, TURP samples. Ambient: FFPE prostate tissue (cancer/benign cores), TMAs (pilot, Gleason, normal tissue, cell line).
Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Biobankguy.lyonsATsydney.edu.au	Open access	Tumours that arise in the oral cavity: SCC, salivary glands, adenocarcinomas, metastases to neck lymph nodes, thyroid tumours. Not melanoma.	Fresh frozen: serum, clot, normal tissue, tumour.
biorepositoryATunsw.edu.au	Open access	Specific collections of gastro-intestinal tract, neurological, liver tissue. Also houses a collection of multiple tumour types.	Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, saliva, normal tissue, tumour.

This page provides links to notable biobanking publications. Each publication provides a link to PubMed, where papers can be retrieved. Cialis super active : la solution sans ordonnance à la dysfonction érectile

A broad discussion on the rise of -omics disciplines and biobank research, and the ethical questions that ensue. An outline of a model of dynamic biobank consent is put forward.

This international charter provides the ethical foundations, a general MTA, and tools that may help, for data sharing.

This one page article summarises challenges for harmonising biobanks.

This publication proposes a new focus for biobanking, which is centred on external stakeholders. 

This opinion piece focuses on five biobanking experts’ views on issues that are important to international biobanking.

et al. A framework for biobank sustainability. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 2014; 12(1): 60 – 68. This publication discusses a proposed framework to encourage biobank sustainability, which includes three dimensions of biobanking: operational, social, and financial.

There is an overall trend towards techniques requiring RNA products across all formats of biospecimens in basic cancer research. Aspre-analytical variables influence gene expression more than gene structure, care must be taken to minimise these variables.

This paper discusses the increasing focus on biospecimen quality and biobanking best practices.

This paper discusses the reasons for best practices, and describes types of biobanking best practices and challenges ahead.

This brief paper describes attempts to network biobanks on an international scale.

This is a good summary of the rapidly changing field of biospecimen science.

This publication discusses biobank networking in the context of the author’s expertise with a Spanish network.

This paper is one of two (see below) to introduce the term ‘biobankonomics’, and discusses financial sustainability for biobanks.

This ‘biobankonomics’ paper  discusses financial sustainability for biobanks.

This paper proposes a classification system for biobanks, based on access policy.

This comprehensive overview of biobanking operations is authored by a leading biospecimen science researcher.

This paper outlines trends in biospecimen usage from 1988 – 2008, and showed significant increases in cohort size, with a decrease in using frozen or fresh tissue alone. Predictions are for demand for biospecimens in cancer research to increase significantly, with the majority of studies based on FFPE or combination FFPE/frozen tissue cohorts.

This paper provides a table of international biobanking best practice documents, as well as a short summary of the international obstacles to harmonisation.

This publication discusses the role that biobanks play in personalised medicine projects. 

This commentary gives a summary of biobanking operations that pertain to tissue acquisition.