TTR Breast DCIS cohort (PolySia#1), Canada

Certification Status: Invite Member
Registration Status: Completed

Objective: BCC Victoria breast cancer cases, diagnosed with DCIS (Stage T0N0) 2005-2015, previously consented to the TTR biobank, associated with frozen tissue (~10%), FFPE tissue (~100%), blood plasma (~100%), Specimen collection, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes data. N=200 total cases.

Registered Biobank Name TTR Breast DCIS cohort (PolySia#1)
Biobank Leader Sheila O'Donoghue
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries pwatson@bccancer.bc.ca
Principal Investigator Peter Watson
Website www.bbrsbiobanking.ca
User Type
  • Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
  • Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
  • Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper
Mono - Collection aimed at supporting a specific, single research project
Biospecimen Collected: