title: MesobanK UK: an international mesothelioma bioresource.
abstract: Malignant pleural mesothelioma causes the greatest societal burden of all the asbestos-related diseases. Progress in better understanding tumour biology will be facilitated by the availability of quality-assured annotated tissue. MesobanK has been created to establish a bioresource of pleural mesothelioma tissue linked to detailed anonymised clinical data. When complete, the bioresource will comprise a 750-patient tissue microarray and prospectively collected tissue, blood and pleural fluid from 300 patients with mesothelioma. Twenty-six new cell lines have also been developed. MesobanK meets all appropriate ethical and regulatory procedures and has recently opened to requests for tissue and data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Oncology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rintoul
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Doris M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rassl
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Department, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Jacki
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gittins
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Stefan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Marciniak
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000191:economics; D000086002:Mesothelioma, Malignant; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Asbestos Induced Lung Disease; Histology/Cytology; Mesothelioma; Pleural Disease