title: Optimizing sharing of hospital biobank samples.
abstract: Implementing technical guidelines and standards as well as ways to boost cooperation should facilitate sharing of hospital biobank samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands. p.riegman@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: Peter H J
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Riegman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Daidone
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Healthcare Research Biobank, Clinical Pathology/Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital, T5:01, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tommy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Söderström
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet Biobank, Karolinska Institutet SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Translational Research, Imaging and Radiotherapy Department, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jacqueline A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Services and Biobank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, F-69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
authors.forename: Maimuna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendy
authors.affiliation: Research IT, Core Facility Molecular Pathology & Biobanking, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ten Hoeve
authors.affiliation: Research IT, Core Facility Molecular Pathology & Biobanking, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annegien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broeks
authors.affiliation: Research, Innovation and Education Unit, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Wenche
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.affiliation: Biobanco, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Morente
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biobank, Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, 46009 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López-Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
authors.forename: V Peter
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Manchester Cancer Research Centre Biobank, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rogan
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulrik
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ringborg
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D057766:Policy; D011786:Quality Control; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012931:Social Environment