title: Biospecimen collection, processing, and analysis: new challenges for oncology nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of emerging applications for and challenges associated with biospecimen collection for evaluating personalized disease risk and/or treatment response in cancer clinical trials.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published nursing and medical literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Blood- and tissue-based biomarkers are increasingly utilized to identify the molecular signatures of disease that can inform the determination of a course of treatment in a very precise manner. There are challenges for the oncology nurse related to specimen collection, processing, analysis, and translation to precision treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important for nurses to have appropriate training and a working understanding of the procedures for biospecimen collection and how biospecimen analyses can inform precision assessment of risk and prognosis.
authors.forename: Roxann M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000451:nursing; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Biospecimens; biomarker; specimen collection