Related and International Initiatives

Human biospecimens are essential resources for cancer research and the development of molecular-based diagnostics and therapeutics that drive personalized medicine. Below are several national and international biospecimen initiatives helping improve biospecimen collection and resources to enable reproducible and reliable research.

• The Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN)
• College of American Pathologists (CAP) Accreditation for Biorepositories Program
• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER)
• ISBER Best Practices
• Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure biobank directory (BBMRI )
• UK Biobank, Ltd.
• EuroBioBank
• European Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB)
• BrainNet Europe
• Canadian Tumor Repository Network
• International Agency for Research on Cancer Biobank (IARC Biobank)
• Asia Biological Resource Center Network (ABCRN)
• National Center Biobank Network Japan