Specimen resources
Human Specimens
Animal Specimens
Other Specimen Resources
Human Specimens
AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR)
Specimens and data from patients with HIV-related malignancies
Chernobyl Tissue Bank, The
Repository of thyroid cancer specimens and clinical data from patients affected by the Chernobyl accident.
Cooperative Breast Cancer Tissue Resource (CBCTR)
Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary breast cancer specimens with associated clinical data
Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN)
Normal and cancerous human tissue for cancer research
Developmental Therapeutics Program Tumor Repository
Viable experimental tumor lines and tumor cell lines from various species
Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Tissue Bank
Normal and malignant ovarian and cervical tissue with clinical information
Notice of Availability of Blood Samples for Validations of Lung Cancer Biomarkers
Blood samples to validate blood-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of lung cancer
Tissue Expediter
Assists researchers in locating appropriate sources of human tissue specimens
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Animal Specimens
Primate Tumor Library
Serum samples and tissue slides from monkey carcinogenesis study
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Other Specimen Resources
Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) Program for Rapid, Independent Diagnostic Evaluation (PRIDE) for Cancer Biomarkers
Assistance provided in the cross-laboratory validations of biomarkers, including the development, refinements, and uses of new and existing assays, reagents, methods, and tests.
NCI Specimen Resource Locator
Search specimen banks and specimen procurement services to find human tissue, serum, DNA/RNA, and other specimens.
Tissue Array Research Program (TARP)
Tissue Microarrays of human tumors
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