MesobanK UK: an international mesothelioma bioresource.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26467803.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207496 and PMC identifier 4819625.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Specimen Banks
- International Cooperation
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mesothelioma
- Pleural Neoplasms