Biospecimen Science

Scientific Literature

Caporaso N, Vaught J. Collection, processing and analysis of preneoplastic specimens. In: Cancer Precursors: Epidemiology, Detection, and Prevention, EL Franco, TE Rohan, Eds. (New York Springer-Verlag, January 2002).

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Website, 2005. Viewed July 11, 2005, at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/.

CDC and NIH (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), 4th ed. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 1999). Viewed July 10, 2005, at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl4/bmbl4toc.htm.

Eiseman E, Bloom G, Brower J, et al. Case Studies of Existing Human Tissue Repositories: “Best Practices” for a Biospecimen Resource for the Genomic and Proteomic Era (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2003).

Grizzle WE, Fredenburgh J. Avoiding biohazards in medical, veterinary, and research laboratories. Biotechnic & Histochem 76:183-206, 2001.

Grizzle WE. Practical factors in collecting tissues for research (unpublished). In: Cooperative Human Tissue Network, Tissue Procurement Training Manual, Sept. 24, 2004.

Hayes RB, Smith CO, Huang WY, et al. Whole blood cryopreservation in epidemiological studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11(11):1496-8, 2002.

Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Viewed July 12, 2005, at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.

Holland NT, Smith MT, Eskenazi B, et al. Biological sample collection and processing for molecular epidemiological studies. Mutation Res 543:217-34, 2003.

IATA (International Air Transport Association). Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens Shipping Guidelines, 2004, 5th ed. Available for purchase at http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/issg.htm.

ISBER (International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories). Best practices for repositories I: collection, storage and retrieval of human biological materials for research. Cell Preserv Technol 3:5-48, 2005.

Landi MT, Caporaso N. Sample collection, processing and storage. In: Applications of Biomarkers in Cancer Epidemiology, IARC Scientific Pub. No. 142 (Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1997).

Mager R, Ratcliffe C, Knox K. Developing an operational framework: Standard workflows, operating and quality control policies and procedures for the collection, storage and distribution of frozen and paraffin-embedded tissue and blood. Prepared on behalf of DJ Kerr, Director of the National Translational Cancer Research Network (NTRAC) and the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), 2004.

NBN (National Biospecimen Network) Blueprint, Chapter 3: Biospecimen and data collection and distribution. A Friede, R Grossman, R Hunt, et al., Eds. (Durham, NC: Constella Group, Inc., 2003). Viewed July 9, 2005, at http://prostatenbnpilot.nci.nih.gov/blue_toc.asp.

NCAB (National Cancer Advisory Board), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Summary of National Cancer Advisory Board Meeting, November 30–December 1, 2004, Bethesda, MD. Viewed July 10, 2005, at http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/ncab/132_1104/30nov04mins.pdf.

NCI (National Cancer Institute). The caBIG (Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) Website, no date. Viewed July 11, 2005, at cabig.nci.nih.gov https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/.

Saf-T-Pak., Inc. 2005–Comprehensive Guide to Shipping Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens (training CD), Edmonton, AL (Canada), 2005. Available for purchase at http://www.saftpak.com/.