Biospecimen use correlates with emerging techniques in cancer research: Impact on planning future biobanks

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 518-525

  Cole, Alexandra ^a   Cheah, Stefanie ^b   Dee, Simon ^b   Hughes, Shevaun ^c   Watson, Peter H ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOSPECIMEN; CANCER RESEARCH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE MICROARRAY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84871309382     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2012.0038     Document Type: Article

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