CEBP Focus: Biorepository Workshop from the AACR Annual Meeting

The articles in this CEBP Focus section on Biorepository and Biospecimen Science were based upon a Methods Workshop session presented at the 97th AACR Annual Meeting, April 1-5, 2006, Washington, DC. Session information is as follows:

Methods Workshop
Sample Collection, Processing and Storage for Large Scale Studies:
Biorepositories to Support Cancer Research
Saturday, April 1, 2006
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Room 147, Washington Convention Center
Chairperson: Christine B. Ambrosone, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Original Session Page from the 2006 AACR Annual Meeting Program

Speakers in the Saturday Educational Program at the 2006 AACR Annual Meeting were invited to contribute state-of-the-art overviews of their critical research areas for publication in the 2006 AACR Education Book. The complete text of the Education Book is available free online at http://educationbook.aacrjournals.org.

The CEBP Focus articles in this issue are based upon the following original overviews in the 2006 AACR Education Book:

Establishing a Cancer Center Data Bank and Biorepository for Multidisciplinary Research
Christine B. Ambrosone, Mary K. Nesline, and Warren Davis
Am Assoc Cancer Res Educ Book 2006: 361-365. Ed Book Full Text Ed Book PDF

Blood: Collection, Shipment, Processing, and Storage
Jimmie B. Vaught
Am Assoc Cancer Res Educ Book 2006: 366-371. Ed Book Full Text Ed Book PDF

Approaches to DNA/RNA Extraction and Whole Genome Amplification
Regina M. Santella
Am Assoc Cancer Res Educ Book 2006: 372-376. Ed Book Full Text Ed Book PDF