Thoracic Cancer Samples and Data
Sample Collection
The King’s Health Partners Thoracic Biobank sample collection includes tissue following resection and endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy (EBUS) stored either as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded or frozen samples. Blood samples are also collected and processed and stored in the following derivatives: whole blood, PBMCs, serum, and plasma.
Data collection
Associated pathological data and patient demographic, clinical and follow-up information from patients with a variety of thoracic cancer types are also collected with the aim of providing to researchers to better understand Thoracic cancer and to develop new treatments. The following can be provided:
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Demographic data: Age at diagnosis, gender, ethnicity, family history.
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Clinical data: Stage, treatment types and duration.
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Pathological data: Tumour size, type and grade.
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Follow-up data: Time to local and distant recurrence, distant recurrence site, time to last seen in clinic, time to and cause of death.​​