title: Tumour banks: well-guarded treasures in the interest of patients.
abstract: In order for the genomics revolution to change how we diagnose, categorize and treat cancer, scientists and clinicians must have access to tumour samples. There has therefore never been a better time to create banks of tumour tissue. Collecting and storing tumour samples and their associated data, however, creates numerous methodological, ethical, legal and technical problems. How can we leap these hurdles in a responsible manner and still make full use of the wealth of information that can be obtained from them?
authors.affiliation: Josephine Nefkens Institute, Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The Netherlands. oosterhuis@path.fgg.eur.nl
authors.forename: J Wolter
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oosterhuis
authors.forename: Jan Willem
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Coebergh
authors.forename: Evert-Ben
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: van Veen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods