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ArticleCancers2022

Identification and Assessment of Risks in Biobanking: The Case of the Cancer Institute of Bari.

Giuseppe De Palma, Giulia Bolondi, Antonio Tufaro, Giuseppe Pelagio, Giuseppe Brando, Daniela Vitale, Angelo Virgilio Paradiso

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Establishing a Cervical Cytology Biorepository: A Protocol for Advancing Translational Cervical Cancer Research through Biobanking.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Giuseppe De PalmaInstitutional BioBank, Experimental Oncology and Biobank Management Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6108-096X
Giulia BolondiMarsh Advisory S.R.L., Viale Bodio 33, 20158 Milan, Italy.
Antonio TufaroInstitutional BioBank, Experimental Oncology and Biobank Management Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Giuseppe PelagioInstitutional BioBank, Experimental Oncology and Biobank Management Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Giuseppe BrandoMarsh Advisory S.R.L., Viale Bodio 33, 20158 Milan, Italy.
Daniela VitaleMarsh S.p.A., Viale Bodio 33, 20158 Milan, Italy.
Angelo Virgilio ParadisoInstitutional BioBank, Experimental Oncology and Biobank Management Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II Bari, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6495-2295

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente Reti, RCR-2020-23670066, Alliance Against Cancer: Head and neck tumors, WP 5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although research biobanks are among the most promising tools to fight disease and improve public health, there are a range of risks biobanks may face that mainly need to be assessed in an attempt to be relieved. We conducted a strategic insurance review of an institutional cancer biobank with the aim of both identifying the insurable risks of our own Biobank and gathering useful evidence of primary exposure to insurable risks. In this practical scenario, risks have been outlined and categorized into inherent and residual risks, along with their possible impact on biobank maintenance. Results at the Biobank of the Cancer Institute of Bari showed evidence of potentially significant and intrinsic risk due to highly relevant threats, along with already implemented improvements that significantly reduce risks to a range of relative acceptability.

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biobanksbiological specimen banksqualityquality improvementriskrisk management

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PMID35884521
PMCPMC9319616

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