Tissue Biobank

In 2007, the Manchester Cancer Research Centre Biobank was established to coordinate the collection of human material from major cancer treatment centres across the Greater Manchester area.

The centre allows clinical and preclinical researchers to investigate new drug targets to see how certain cancer patients will respond to different treatments. This initiative links cancer surgeons, pathologists, oncologists, biohealth informaticians and cancer researchers.

To ensure all cancer disease groups are targeted, the Biobank collects samples from across the region at five collaborating Trusts: The Christie, Salford Royal, University Hospital of South Manchester, Central Manchester and Pennine Acute Hospitals Trusts. The Biobank also collects blood and bone marrow samples from patients with certain types of leukaemia and lymphoma.

Biobank provides an abundance of quality samples which researchers can access with ease, and have been releasing samples for cancer research since 2009. Biobank has approved over 20 projects to date.