NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks

The National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) Confederation of Cancer Biobanks (CCB) was launched on Tuesday 10th October 2006 at the NCRI Cancer Conference 2006 in Birmingham. onCore UK is proud to have been a founder of the CCB.

Through this confederation, onCore UK will work with other cancer biobanks for mutual benefit, to ensure complementarities, avoid unnecessary competition and ensure a coordinated approach to cancer biosample provision.

  

This will benefit all involved by allowing the sharing of expertise and information, the establishment of harmonised standards for the operation of cancer biobanks and provide a means to access a larger pool of biosamples from the confederated banks.

onCore UK acts as the secretariat for the CCB on behalf of the NCRI.

 

 

Click here to view the CCB website

 
 

NCRI CCB Workshop on Ethics and Governance in Cancer Biobanking -

7th January 2009

The NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks held a successful workshop on Ethics and Governance in Cancer Biobanking at the Thistle Hotel in Marble Arch, London

Click here to view the workshop programme

Click here to view the workshop report

Please click on the following links to view the presentation slides

1. Introduction

2. Brian Clark - Guiding Principles

3. Alison Parry-Jones - Consent

4. Chris Carrigan - Linkage to Clinical Information

5. Adrian McNeil - Regulations of Research Biobanks HTA

6. Martin Yuille - Fair Access

7. David Neal - NRES Ethical Review

8. Janet Messer - Tissue Banks and R&D Review

9. Graeme Laurie - Governance Models and Benefits Sharing

10. Derek Stewart - Harnessing Stakeholder Engagement

Confederation Guiding Principles

The Initial achievement of the NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks is the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding for the founder members of the Confederation, and a document outlining the Guiding Principles for the management and operation of a tissue bank / biobank in the contemporary ethical and legal setting.

Click here to view the Memorandum of Understanding.

Click here to view the Guiding Principles.

 

CCB Biosample Search Portal

The NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks has launched a Biosample Search Portal. 

Researchers may use this portal to search for biosamples available in the databases of CCB Members involved in this initiative.

Click here to link to the CCB Biosample Search Portal

 

 

 
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