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Operations Model - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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About Us - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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The Victorian Cancer Biobank consortium provides a coordinated and integrated program that collects and distributes tissue samples to support cancer research in Victoria, Australia and throughout the world with the aim of delivering better clinical outcomes to people with cancer. The Consortium member organisations are:. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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Victorian Cancer Biobank
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Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd. Royal Children's Hospital/Murdoch Children's Research Institute. The Royal Women's Hospital. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium. Victorian Transplantation and Immunogenetics Service. Australian Genome Research Facility. Australian Prostate Cancer Consortium. Kathleen Cunningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer (kConFab). St John of God Pathology.
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Services - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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In addition to supplying blood and tissue products from our biorepository, the Biobank provides a number of other services on request to support clinical and translational research. RNA and DNA from tissue or mononucleocytes. Issue microarray preparation and sections. Clinical Trial and Project Specific Support. Contact the Applications Manager. Clinical Trial and Project Specific.
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Outcomes - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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Since inception, the Victorian Cancer Biobank has consented over 19,000. Donors with varying tumour types. See below for a graph depicting our collection by tumour type (as of end 2011):. The Collection Targets graph below indicates that the sites are currently exceeding collection expectations:. Includes applications previously managed by Consortium Members before centralised access. An increasing number of biospecimens were distributed to researchers outside Victoria. Of 1829 samples supplied outsi...
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How to apply - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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The Biobank's unique centralised application process enables researchers to specify the type of biospecimens and tumour type required from our inventory via direct communication with the Central Operations Project Manager. Please see below for step-by-step instructions for our applicaton process:. Read and download the following documents:. Information on How to Apply and Conditions of Use. Covers ethics approval, handling standards, supply of services and biospecimens, and reporting requirements). Upon ...
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Inter-Biobank Visits Scheme - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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The Inter-Biobank Visits Scheme is designed to encourage discussion and address differences in processes between the Consortium member tissue banks. Staff at one site nominate areas of interest in the biobanking process that they want to improve and are then allocated a day at one of our other collection sites. Ldquo;Getting a tour of the histology lab at Cabrini and learning about how the lab runs, provided me with some ideas to then pass on to our Histology lab.”. Ldquo;Since visiting Barwon Health, Ca...
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Tissue products - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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Fresh tissue in media on ice*. Paraffin and OCT tissue sections. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells in DMSO. Buffy coat in DMSO. Buffy coat without DMSO. Standard tissue size is 3-5mm3/25mg. Standard blood volume is 250 microlitres.
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Quality and Training - Victorian Cancer Biobank
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Skilled, qualified scientists are trained using the same SOPs at all sites and regular auditing and quality checks ensure compliance. In addition, a voluntary Inter-Biobank Visits Scheme. Has been implemented to support staff with interpreting the SOPs in the same manner.
