title: Biospecimens, biobanking and global cancer research collaborations.
abstract: The disparities in prostate cancer incidence and mortality continue to be a global public health problem. Efforts to address the prostate cancer disparity in black men have been met with a number of challenges, specifically in the accessibility to biospecimens in the context of global prostate cancer collaborations. During the International Educational Workshop at the Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities conference held 1-4 November 2012 in Nassau, the Bahamas, an overview of biobanking and biospecimen repositories, and materials transfer in global prostate cancer collaborations were discussed. The challenges faced by low-resource countries were identified, and potential solutions were recommended.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention and Control Programme, Fox Chase Cancer Centre, Temple University Health System, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA ; African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3).
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ragin
authors.affiliation: African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) ; Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Centre, Tampa, FL 33612, USA ; Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC).
authors.forename: Jong Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: biobanking; biorepositories; biospecimens; global cancer research