title: A Global View of Breast Tissue Banking.
abstract: The importance of accessing high quality clinical samples for translational research is now firmly recognised. Traditionally these samples were collected and curated by individuals with an interest in a particular disease type. In recent years the idea of centralising and storing tissue collections in the form of tissue banks or biobanks has developed. As a result a number of biobanks have been established in many different countries. These can be either single centres or multi centre collaborations, often in the form of a federated network. This chapter outlines the development of breast tissue banking in a global context and discusses some of the challenges that lie ahead for the field, in particular how to meet the growing needs of researchers, how to make the best use of donated samples and how to increase the visibility of samples residing in biobanks to researchers.
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.|Leeds University Medical School, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK.
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Botfield
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. v.speirs@leeds.ac.uk.|Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St James's University Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK. v.speirs@leeds.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Speirs
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000166:cytology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000191:economics
keywords: Biobanks; Breast cancer; Mammary gland; Tissue banking; Transitional research