TY - JOUR
T1 - Human tissue research
T2 - EORTC recommendations on its practical consequences
AU - Teodorovic, I.
AU - Therasse, P.
AU - Spatz, A.
AU - Isabelle, M.
AU - Oosterhuis, W.
N1 - Funding Information:
As an extension of the initial EORTC Tumor project initiated in 2000, the EORTC Data Center participates in a larger project supported by a grant from the European Commission to create a Pan-European Tumor bank: the ‘TuBaFrost’ project.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Improvement in cancer care is possible by applying new treatment modalities, which are emerging from knowledge and discoveries coming from laboratory research. This is possible through international collaboration and the collection of tumour tissues. Creation of a European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Tumor Bank is a natural step in this direction, by offering tumour sample collection from patients entered in EORTC trials. The aim of such a bank is not only to improve the diagnostic review process, but also to facilitate translational research by allowing clinicians and basic scientists to enter into close collaborations. The EORTC Tissue Research Policy is developed to assure, under the EORTC legal framework, an ethical and scientific review of research projects, guarantee adequate information is given to patients, establish procedures on the use of materials, including legal aspects, and publication policies. Being part of the EU TubaFrost project, the EORTC will provide a common international platform for the use of tissues for research purposes, finding a balance between different laws and assuring scientific progress.
AB - Improvement in cancer care is possible by applying new treatment modalities, which are emerging from knowledge and discoveries coming from laboratory research. This is possible through international collaboration and the collection of tumour tissues. Creation of a European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Tumor Bank is a natural step in this direction, by offering tumour sample collection from patients entered in EORTC trials. The aim of such a bank is not only to improve the diagnostic review process, but also to facilitate translational research by allowing clinicians and basic scientists to enter into close collaborations. The EORTC Tissue Research Policy is developed to assure, under the EORTC legal framework, an ethical and scientific review of research projects, guarantee adequate information is given to patients, establish procedures on the use of materials, including legal aspects, and publication policies. Being part of the EU TubaFrost project, the EORTC will provide a common international platform for the use of tissues for research purposes, finding a balance between different laws and assuring scientific progress.
KW - EORTC
KW - Tissue research
KW - Translational research
KW - Tumor bank
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141819198&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00451-9
DO - 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00451-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 14556915
AN - SCOPUS:0141819198
SN - 0959-8049
VL - 39
SP - 2256
EP - 2263
JO - European Journal of Cancer
JF - European Journal of Cancer
IS - 16
ER -