Biomarkers are critical tools that underpin precision medicine. However there has been slow
progress and frequent failure of biomarker development. The root causes are multifactorial …

Methods This paper summarizes the function of biobanks in oncology and the requirements
for biobank development in translational and clinical research. Results Biobanks raise …

This volume is the first comprehensive text on human biobanking, authored by scientists and
regulatory officers who have led the field over the past 10 years. It covers biobanking issues …

Although population-wide screening programs for several cancer types have been
implemented in multiple countries, screening procedures are invasive, time-consuming and …

Chapter 3 highlights the value of biobank collections for biomarker development and
validation, specifically providing an overview of critical issues in the biobanking pathway that …

Biobanks are biorepositories that collect, process, store, catalog, and distribute human
biological samples, and record the associated data. The role and action field of these …

Biospecimens are the essential substrates for human biomarker research. Across the globe,
biobanks have developed the facilities and mechanisms to collect, process, store and …

In recent years, biobanks of human tissues have evolved from small-scale collections of
pathological materials into structured resource centers for acquisition, storage, processing …

Biobanks have become an important component of the routine practice of pathology. At the
2016 meeting of the Association of Pathology Chairs, a series of presentations covered …

Biobanks are key research infrastructures aimed at the collection, storage, processing, and
sharing of high-quality human biological samples and associated data for research …