I TCGA Research Network
TCGA involves a broad cross-section of the cancer research community, including basic and clinical researchers, bioethicists, doctors, nurses, cancer patients, and advocates. TCGA is a network of four components, each critical to the success of the project:
![Components Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090131095418im_/http://cancergenome.nih.gov/about/map_clip_image002.jpg) Click here to view a map of TCGA Components.
![Components Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090131095418im_/http://cancergenome.nih.gov/about/map_clip_image003.jpg) Click here to view a map of Biorepositories Contributing to TCGA.
Biospecimen Core Resource – Tissue samples will be carefully catalogued, processed, checked for quality, and stored, complete with important medical information about the patient. Descriptors that may connect a sample with the patient’s private information will be removed.
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Biorepositories Contributing to TCGA - A key requirement of TCGA is high-quality biospecimens. The initial set of institutions selected to contribute cancer collections to TCGA was announced in Fall 2006.
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Cancer Genome Characterization Centers – High-throughput genome sequencing centers will identify the changes in the DNA sequence that are associated with specific types of cancer.
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Genome Sequencing Centers – Several technologies will be used to analyze the genetic changes involved in cancer. The genetic changes that are identified will be further studied by the genome sequencing centers.
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Data Management, Bioinformatics, and Computational Analysis, including a TCGA Data Coordinating Center – The information that is generated by TCGA will be centrally managed at the Data Coordinating Center and entered into public databases as it becomes available.
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