• Biospecimen Science

    • NCI Biospecimen Best Practices Forum - Boston

    The Conference Center at Harvard Medical
    Boston, MA
    November 5, 2007

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    Agenda
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    Forum Summary
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    Webcast
    The Webcast of the November 5, 2007, NCI Biospecimen Best Practices Forum held in Boston, Massachusetts, is accessible via the link below. Note that breakout sessions were not recorded.

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    Presentations
    9 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
    Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR)
    National Cancer Institute
    Part 1: Overview and Discussion of NCI Best Practices
    9:05 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
    Why Do We Need Biospecimen Best Practices?
    PDF Document PDF Document: 630 KB
    Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
    9:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Overview of Technical and Operational Best Practices
    State-of-the-Science Biospecimen Handling: Real-World Perspective
    PDF Document PDF Document: 650 KB
    Martin L. Ferguson, Ph.D.
    Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Consultant and Co-Founder of Ardais Corporation
    9:55 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Overview of Ethical and Policy Best Practices
    Ethical and Policy Implications of Using Human Biopecimens in Research: What You Need To Know
    PDF Document PDF Document: 391 KB
    P. Pearl O’Rourke, M.D.
    Director, Human Research Affairs
    Partners HealthCare System
    10:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
    10:45 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. caBIG™, caTissue, and Achieving Silver-Level Compatibility
    Informatics Solutions to Biospecimen Management: Finding the Right Tools for Your Resource
    PDF Document PDF Document: 1.31 MB
    Ian Fore, D.Phil.
    Associate Director for Biospecimen and Pathology Informatics
    NCI Center for Bioinformatics
    11:10 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. The Importance of Best Practices to Patients, Survivors, Advocates, and the General Public
    It’s All About the Patient: Putting Biospecimen Research in Perspective
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    Paula Kim
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Translating Research Across Communities (TRAC)
    11:35 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Question-and-Answer Session (open microphone) and Panel Discussion
    12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Charge for the Breakout Sessions
    Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
    Part 2: Concurrent Breakout Sessions
    1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions
    3 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
    Part 3: Closing and Adjournment
    3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Reports From Breakout Sessions
    3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The Biospecimen Research Database: Assessing the Effects of Preanalytical Variables on Molecular Research
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    Elisa Eiseman, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
    3:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Next Steps for Updating the NCI Best Practices and Closing Remarks
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    Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
    4 p.m. Adjournment
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    General Background Materials
    NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
    NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
    PDF Document PDF Document: 202 KB
    The NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources outlines the operational, technical, ethical, legal, and policy best practices for NCI-supported biospecimen resources.
    Informatics
    Implementing the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources:
    PDF Document PDF Document: 35 KB
    Bioinformatics and caBIG™-An Overview
    Directed at scientists, consumer advocates, and biospecimen resource directors, this fact sheet prepared by the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and the NCI OBBR highlights the value and need for caBIG™ and is useful to stakeholder groups interested in data handling and sharing for biospecimen resources.
    Implementing the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources:
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    Bioinformatics and caBIG™-Next Steps
    This document is designed for biospecimen resource stakeholders who have been introduced to the caBIG™ initiative and are evaluating options and next steps for adopting caBIG™ or becoming caBIG™ compatible. It is a tool to help biospecimen resources make informed decisions about informatics options that would align them with the NCI Best Practices.
    Materials for Advocates and the General Public
    Biospecimen Basics
    PDF Document PDF Document: 149 KB
    This informational publication issued by the NCI OBBR is designed to increase awareness and understanding among advocates and the interested public of the importance and role of biospecimens in cancer research. It outlines the need for and purpose of best practices for biospecimen resources.

    Providing Your Tissue for Research: What You Need To Know
    PDF Document PDF Document: 220 KB
    This NCI brochure will aid patients in making informed decisions about donating biospecimens for research.

    Research Advocacy Network publications: Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups publication:
    Personalized Health Care
    Personalized Health Care: Opportunities, Pathways, Resources
    Issued in September 2007, this is the first report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on its Initiative on Personalized Health Care. This report delineates crucial areas of consensus upon which work must be focused to achieve personalized health care.
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