title: Tumor biobanks in translational medicine.
abstract: The concept of tissue banking as a "bio-repository" aimed to collection, storing and distribution of human biological material and clinical information, is emerging as a successful strategy to support clinical and translational research. In particular, Tumor Biobanks represent a key resource for diagnosis, research and experimental therapies, especially for those correlated to clinical application of a new type of medicine known as "intelligent drugs". Biobanks are not "spontaneous" collections, but they needs an institutional organization, basically a research unit, whose effectiveness and quality can be guaranteed only if it is carefully organized according to precise and shared rules.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G, Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantile
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciliberto
authors.forename: Paolo Antonio
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ascierto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000592:standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000592:standards