Welcome to Wales Cancer Bank





















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The Wales Cancer Bank aims to collect samples of tumour, normal tissue and blood from all patients in Wales who are undergoing an operation to remove tissue where cancer is a possible diagnosis. These samples will be banked to build up a research resource that will be used by research groups to help understand the molecular mechanisms involved in cancer and work towards the selection of optimum targeted treatment for individuals.

Click here to download the June 2008 Newsletter.

OPEN DAY

20TH JULY 2009
SINGLETON HOSPITAL, SWANSEA

The next Wales Cancer Bank open day will take place in Swansea on 20th July 2009. The day is designed for people who are in the process of setting up repositories of tissue and/or blood samples either in a University or NHS hospital setting.

Attendees will have the chance to see a decentralised tissue bank in operation, ask questions on a one-to-one basis with nurses, lab staff, IT staff and managers, visit the labs and see how WCB has overcome the issues of setting up a standardised collection of tissue and blood across Wales.

Feedback from the first open day in January was very encouraging and the program in July will be similar, subject to time changes. Click here to see the January programme.

The open days are free but numbers are limited. If you would like to register interest in attending the next open day, please email walescancerbank@cf.ac.uk stating how many people would like to attend and giving their affiliations.

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