During our 2013/14 project “Definition of Minimum Standards for CINSW BSN Biobanks”, we compiled a complete list of cancer biobanks in NSW. 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADRI Mesothelioma kan.chenATsydney.edu.au | Collaborative access | Mesothelioma, other lung cancers | Fresh frozen: blood, normal tissue, tumour | |||
| jane.carpenterATsydney.edu.au | Open access | Breast | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour | |||
| 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 | |||
| Cancer Council NSW Biobank biobankingenquiriesATnswcc.org.au | Contact biobank | Study-specific sample types | Fresh frozen: blood, blood products. Ambient: cytology smears, skin swabs | |||
| Children’s Cancer Institute Tumour Bank 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. | |||
| Hepatocellular Cancer Cirrhosis G.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: FPPE tumour | |||
| Kinghorn Breast a.hollidayATgarvan.org.au | Collaborative access | Breast | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour, live cells, DNA | |||
| ussha.pillaiATsydney.edu.au | Open access | Breast, gynaecological, upper gastro-intestinal tract, endocrine, neurological | Fresh frozen: serum, whole blood, 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 | |||
| Lung Cancer Biobank m.corishATgarvan.org.au | Contact biobank | Lung tissue- cancer and non-cancer | Fresh frozen: tumour | |||
| Valerie.JakrotATmelanoma.org.au | Collaborative access | Melanoma and skin, benign naevi | Fresh frozen: normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour | |||
| Nepean Cancer Research Biobanklisa.kayATsydney.edu.au | Open access | Lung, upper gastro intestinal tract | Fresh frozen: blood, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour | |||
| Ovarian Cancer Biobank g.samimiATgarvan.org.au | Open access | Ovarian and gynaecological cancer, benign ovarian tissue | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, brushings, normal tissue, tumour. Ambient: FFPE tumour | |||
| RPA Breast a.hollidayATgarvan.org.au | Collaborative access | Breast | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, tumour, live cells, DNA | |||
| Nicole.CaixeiroATsswahs.nsw.gov.au | Open access | Head/neck, gastro-intestinal tract, neurological , melanoma/skin | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, normal tissue, 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) | |||
| Storr Liver Unit jacob.georgeATsydney.edu.au | Collaborative access | Liver tissue- cancer and non-cancer | Fresh frozen: blood, serum, plasma, DNA, tumour | |||
| Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute Tumour Bank guy.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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| tumourbankchw.schnAThealth.nsw.gov.au | Open access | Paediatric cancer and normal tissue | Fresh frozen: blood/blood products, bone marrow aspirate, normal tissue, tumour | |||
| 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 |
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