VIVO Biobank, United Kingdom

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The VIVO Biobank is a biobank that collects samples and associated data from children, teenage and young adult cancer patients with collection sites spreading all over the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Biobank is led by individuals from Newcastle University, York University, University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation. VIVO Biobank is a childhood cancer biobank funded by Cancer Research UK and Blood Cancer UK. Email is enquiries@vivobiobank.org.

Registered Biobank Name	VIVO Biobank
Biobank Leader	Taofik Adetoro, Anne Thomson
Country	United Kingdom
Email for biobank inquiries	enquiries@vivobiobank.org
Principal Investigator	Professor Deborah Tweddle
Website
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

Biospecimen Collected:

Cohort Highlights

100 cases Next Generation Sequencing assay to detect all classes of genetic variant in Lung Cancer using a single Diagnostic test.
200 cases Colorectal TMA for QC purposes in support of study of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in ovarian cancer tissues.
Build 300 cases breast cancer TMA containing primary tumour and matched metastatic LN for various subtypes (luminal, HER2, Triple negative). Start with Triple negatives.
125 cases Breast tumour and metastatic lymph nodes in breast cancer cases with outcomes of metastasis to lung or bone.
100 cases of rare tumours - fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. FFPE, frozen, BC.
200 cases of FFPE tissue sections from breast, lung adenocarcinoma, and lung squamous cell carcinoma with matching normal tissue (only pathology data requested).