| Working Groups Biobank & Pathobiology
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The OECI Pathobiology working group has the task to standardise and harmonize the pathology
in European cancer centers. In addition, it is seen as an important task to spread innovative
knowledge amongst the pathology departments of the OECI members.
The program started with the implementation of TuBaFrost.
TuBaFrost is a complete infrastructure for a European Tumor Tissue Bank (
http://www.tubafrost.org).
The network was developed in a three-year fifth-framework program of the European Commission
involving OECI members as participants as well as the EORTC and a Dutch law firm.
OECI members can now utilise this virtual tissue bank to share their frozen tumor tissue collections
with the other OECI members and perhaps even with external institutes with the intention to stimulate
cooperation through the build up of a sufficient critical mass for multi-center translational
cancer research. Special care has been taken in the access rules including incentives for the collecting
institutes. Governance over the samples as well as the samples stays at the collecting institute.
The institute can decide using their normal procedures to join or reject a request from the network.
It allows local negotiations on cooperation, co publication or compensation in costs.
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Related publications |
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Standard operating procedure for the collection of fresh frozen tissue samples.
Mager SR, Oomen MH, Morente MM, Ratcliffe C, Knox K, Kerr DJ, Pezzella F, Riegman PH. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Mar;43(5):828-834
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TuBaFrost 2: Standardising tissue collection and quality control procedures for a European virtual frozen tissue bank network.
Morente MM, Mager R, Alonso S, Pezzella F, Spatz A, Knox K, Kerr D, Dinjens WN, Oosterhuis JW, Lam KH, Oomen MH, van Damme B, van de Vijver M, van Boven H, Kerjaschki D, Pammer J, Lopez-Guerrero JA, Llombart Bosch A, Carbone A, Gloghini A, Teodorovic I, Isabelle M, Passioukov A, Lejeune S, Therasse P, van Veen EB, Ratcliffe C, Riegman PH. Eur J Cancer. 2006 Nov;42(16):2684-2691.
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Minimal Standards for Biological Resource Centers
International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization
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WG Pathobiology meeting 2008 |
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WG Pathobiology: 24 & 25 October, Cluj, Romania - Structure and Genetics, the new Paradigm
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Organized by OECI, with the generous support of Oncology Institute "Prof.Dr. Ion Chiricuta" - Cluj,
Romania who will host the event, the workshop will be addressed to Pathobiologists, Molecular Diagnosis
specialists and Biobank managers. The participation for OECI members is free, hotel and transport will be
covered by participants directly.
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Programme
Time tables
Lessons learned from the OECI Pathobiology Questionnaire
Brochure
Evaluation Report
Photo Gallery
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Workshop Program: "European Tissue Banking for Medical Research"
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Rotterdam, March 29th and 30th 2007
Program Day 1 -
Program Day 2
Tissue banks and networks of tissue banks are recognized as the fundamental resource
for multi-center translational research. Rapid developments for co-operation and networks
are needed in tissue banking to form the basis of future multi-center translational research.
Due to different approaches in translational research also different models
have been developed. Networks of repositories have the task to unite these different forms.
The OECI has implemented International tissue banking in its program by taking up the
TuBaFrost project.
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