{"id":3229,"date":"2014-10-14T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2014-10-14T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:19:11","slug":"biobanking-and-new-methods-of-cancer-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/biobanking\/biobanking-and-new-methods-of-cancer-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Biobanking and New Methods Of Cancer Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biobanking of specimens, tied to clinical data, is as <\/span>fundamental<\/span><\/a> to research into the diagnosis of cancer as it is critical for research into new therapies. <\/span><\/p>\n

At this blog, we’ve covered news on several cancer-focused biobanks, such as the <\/span>Southern Swedish Malignant Melanoma group<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>PROCURE biobank<\/span><\/a> and the <\/span>Oncology Research Information Exchange Network<\/span><\/a>. These biobanks and large-scale studies have played a key role for decades in the development of modern diagnostic methods that are more specific and less invasive than ever before. <\/span><\/p>\n

But how do we know these new diagnostic methods are valid and applicable across varied populations? <\/span><\/p>\n

As you’ll find in our new eBook<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/span>, the “proof” is in the prospective validation, and biobanking of samples as part of large-scale cohort studies enable researchers to access the hundreds of thousands of samples and associated clinical data needed for this validation. <\/span><\/p>\n

The eBook, titled Detecting Cancer Early: A Unique Biobank Presents a Unique Opportunity<\/em>, describes how the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) established a biobank of unique serum samples from half a million donors, all of which are available to researchers around the globe.  The result of the UKCTOCS Study was a statistical algorithm that allows diagnosis of ovarian cancer at stage 1 with 99.9 percent specificity, when treatment results in a greater than 90 percent five-year survival rate.  In addition, the biospecimens and data in another biobank allowed a study at MD Anderson to confirm the 99.9 percent specificity of the algorithm to predict ovarian cancer from biomarker measurements. <\/span><\/p>\n

No wonder more biobanks are being established to further cancer research!<\/span><\/p>\n

From a scientific standpoint, biobanks and trials like these are hugely important. Researchers have long been frustrated by failure after failure to find biomarkers that allow diagnosis of cancer at a very early<\/em>, more treatable stage; the availability of large numbers of biospecimens and clinical data, potentially combined with statistical methods, may represent a breakthrough in our ability to detect cancer at its earliest stages. <\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about the ways biobanking and large-scale trials are helping scientists understand cancer and validate tests that save lives every day, please download our new eBook, Detecting Cancer Early<\/em>, available here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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