Breast Cancer Tissue Bank

WMI has led the establishment of the Breast Cancer Tissue Bank with funding from the NHMRC, Cancer Institute NSW and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

The headquarters of the Bank are located within the clinical and research facilities at Westmead. The Bank has been created to provide a resource of breast cancer biospecimens and clinical data to support breast cancer research throughout Australia

A network of centres across New South Wales centred on major teaching and research facilities has been collecting tissue for the Bank since 2006 under the oversight of Ms Jane Carpenter, Project Manager and the management team based at WMI. Associate Professor Clarke leads the Breast Cancer Tissue Bank.

Materials in the bank are processed and stored using international best practice methodologies to preserve the integrity of the specimens and increase their value to research scientists. Access to human tissue is essential for translating current research knowledge into clinical practice and in turn basic researchers can utilise information derived from human specimens to drive further investigation into the molecular basis of disease.

Data and specimens stored in the Bank are available to all Australian researchers following scientific review of the proposed project.

For further information refer to The Breast Cancer Tissue Bank website.