@article{1d2471b18a0c424b8464283dd9a5c5c6,
title = "TuBaFrost 5: Multifunctional central database application for a European tumor bank",
abstract = "Developing a tissue bank database has become more than just logically arranging data in tables combined with a search engine. Current demand for high quality samples and data, and the ever-changing legal and ethical regulations mean that the application must reflect TuBaFrost rules and protocols for the collection, exchange and use of tissue. To ensure continuation and extension of the TuBaFrost European tissue bank, the custodianship of the samples, and hence the decision over whether to issue samples to requestors, remains with the local collecting centre. The database application described in this article has been developed to facilitate this open structure virtual tissue bank model serving a large group. It encompasses many key tasks, without the requirement for personnel, hence minimising operational costs. The Internet-accessible database application enables search, selection and request submission for requestors, whereas collectors can upload and edit their collection. Communication between requestor and involved collectors is started with automatically generated e-mails.",
keywords = "Cryo-cart, Tissue bank database application, Tumour bank network, Virtual tumour bank",
author = "M. Isabelle and I. Teodorovic and Morente, {M. M.} and D. Jamin{\'e} and A. Passioukov and S. Lejeune and P. Therasse and Dinjens, {W. N.M.} and Oosterhuis, {J. W.} and Lam, {K. H.} and Oomen, {M. H.A.} and A. Spatz and C. Ratcliffe and K. Knox and R. Mager and D. Kerr and F. Pezzella and {van de Vijver}, M. and {van Boven}, H. and S. Alonso and D. Kerjaschki and J. Pammer and Lopez-Guerrero, {J. A.} and {Llombart Bosch}, A. and A. Carbone and A. Gloghini and {van Veen}, {E. B.} and {van Damme}, B. and Riegman, {P. H.J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The European human frozen tumor 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 = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.ejca.2006.04.032",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "3103--3109",
journal = "European Journal of Cancer",
issn = "0959-8049",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "18",
}