About the Ontario Tumour Bank
The Ontario Tumour Bank (OTB) is a biorepository of a wide variety of tumour and blood samples collected from state-of-the-art hospitals and cancer centres across Ontario: Kingston Health Sciences Centre, London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, and The Ottawa Hospital.
OTB provides a viable solution for cancer researchers who often face challenges in obtaining the quality and number of biospecimens required for their studies. In doing so, OTB accelerates cancer research for the development of better patient diagnostics and therapies.
OTB provides cancer researchers with a diverse selection of high-quality biospecimens and derivatives, comprehensively annotated with de-identified clinical data. Biospecimens are the key to the development and testing of next-generation diagnostics and treatments. Since 2004, OTB has been making this type of research possible by collecting and dispensing the biospecimens needed for high-impact studies.
OTB at St. Joe's
Dr. Vina Alexopoulou
Anatomical Pathology
St. Joe’s Principal Investigator
Dr. Asghar Naqvi
Anatomical Pathology
St. Joe’s Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Anbreen Zaidi
Coordinator, Ontario Tumour Bank
St. Joe’s Tumour Bank Staff
Gino Celebre
Coordinator, Ontario Tumour Bank
St. Joe’s Tumour Bank Staff
Services Offered
Fresh tissue, fresh frozen tissue, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, peripheral blood fractions and derivative products such as tissue microarrays (TMA), DNA, and RNA – all with detailed de-identified clinical data. Visit the Ontario Tumour Bank website to learn more about what they offer to researchers.
- Fresh tumour tissue
- Fresh-frozen tumour tissue
- Paraffin-embedded tissue
- Peripheral blood (fresh whole blood, buffy coat, plasma & cell-free plasma)
- Histopathology
- Patient history
- Family history
- Surgery
- Systemic therapy
- Radiotherapy
- Outcome/follow-up
Questions?
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