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ArticleLung cancer international2013

National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank: A Platform for Collaborative Research and Mesothelioma Biobanking Resource to Support Translational Research.

Waqas Amin, Anil V Parwani, Jonathan Melamed, Raja Flores, Arjun Pennathur, Federico Valdivieso, Nancy B Whelan, Rodeny Landreneau, James Luketich, Michael Feldman and 2 more

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Article in Lung cancer international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Waqas AminDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1250-7696
Anil V ParwaniDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jonathan MelamedDepartment of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Raja FloresDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Arjun PennathurDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Federico ValdiviesoDepartment of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nancy B WhelanDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rodeny LandreneauDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
James LuketichDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Michael FeldmanDepartment of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Harvey I PassDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Michael J BecichDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH009077NIOSH CDC HHS U24 OH009077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank (NMVB), developed six years ago, gathers clinically annotated human mesothelioma specimens for basic and clinical science research. During this period, this resource has greatly increased its collection of specimens by expanding the number of contributing academic health centers including New York University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Marketing efforts at both national and international annual conferences increase awareness and availability of the mesothelioma specimens at no cost to approved investigators, who query the web-based NMVB database for cumulative and appropriate patient clinicopathological information on the specimens. The data disclosure and specimen distribution protocols are tightly regulated to maintain compliance with participating institutions' IRB and regulatory committee reviews. The NMVB currently has over 1120 annotated cases available for researchers, including paraffin embedded tissues, fresh frozen tissue, tissue microarrays (TMA), blood samples, and genomic DNA. In addition, the resource offers expertise and assistance for collaborative research. Furthermore, in the last six years, the resource has provided hundreds of specimens to the research community. The investigators can request specimens and/or data by submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI) that is evaluated by NMVB research evaluation panel (REP).

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PMID26316942
PMCPMC4437393

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