@article{adf2c00ffc0141369c13ae09794a15a6,
title = "TuBaFrost 2: Standardising tissue collection and quality control procedures for a European virtual frozen tissue bank network",
abstract = "Tumour Bank Networking presents a great challenge for oncological research as in order to carry out large-scale, multi-centre studies with minimal intrinsic bias, each tumour bank in the network must have some fundamental similarities and be using the same standardised and validated procedures. The European Human Frozen Tumour Tissue Bank (TuBaFrost) has responded to this need by the promotion of an integrated platform of tumour banks in Europe. The operational framework for TuBaFrost has drawn upon the best practice of standard workflows and operating procedures employed by members of the TuBaFrost project and key initiatives worldwide.",
keywords = "Bio-repository, Quality control, Standard procedures, Tumour bank network, Tumour tissue bank",
author = "Morente, {M. M.} and R. Mager and S. Alonso and F. Pezzella and A. Spatz and K. Knox and D. Kerr and Dinjens, {W. N.M.} and Oosterhuis, {J. W.} and Lam, {K. H.} and Oomen, {M. H.A.} and {van Damme}, B. and {van de Vijver}, M. and {van Boven}, H. and D. Kerjaschki and J. Pammer and Lopez-Guerrero, {J. A.} and {Llombart Bosch}, A. and A. Carbone and A. Gloghini and I. Teodorovic and M. Isabelle and A. Passioukov and S. Lejeune and P. Therasse and {van Veen}, {E. B.} and C. Ratcliffe and Riegman, {P. H.J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The European human frozen tumour tissue bank or TuBaFrost project was funded by the European Commission within the 5th framework of the division {\textquoteleft}Quality of life and living resources{\textquoteright} under project number QLRI-CT-2002-01551, with the aid and commitment of the involved scientific officers J. Namorado, M. Vidal, O. Kelm and S. Jungblud. The authors greatly appreciate the many collaborators (pathologists, technicians, health documentation experts, etc .) involved in the Tumour Banks of the TuBaFrost institutions and K.M.M. de Wildt for her management support during the project. ",
year = "2006",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.ejca.2006.04.029",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "2684--2691",
journal = "European Journal of Cancer",
issn = "0959-8049",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "16",
}