Abstract 5319: The role of ISBER (The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories) in cancer research

• Published in: Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2014-10, Vol.74 (19_Supplement), p.5319-5319
• Main Authors: Garcia, Debra L., Sexton, Katherine, Grizzle, William E., Betsou, Fay
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0008-5472; 1538-7445
• DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-5319

High quality biospecimen collections are essential for biomarker discovery in Cancer Research. Biomarker analytical and clinical performance depends heavily upon the pre-analytical variation of biospecimens used. For this reason, standardization of procedures is of utmost importancein the collection, preparation, and storageof biospecimens, making it possible to accurately associateprocessing methods withappropriate end-use applications.  The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) is a professional society of organizations and individuals who share an interest in promoting consistent, high quality standards, ethical principles, and Best Practices in biospecimen banking. ISBER, with almost 500 individual and organizational members throughout the world, is the leading international forum for promoting innovation in the science and management of biospecimen collection, processing, storage, distribution, and use. ISBER educational resources and meetings focus on a wide variety of topics from biorepository development, maintenance, and improvement, to technical concerns regarding equipment, quality assurance and control, regulation, human subject privacy, and confidentiality. Additional tools developed by ISBER, many of which are web-based, are available to assist researchers in ensuring biospecimen quality and biorepository compliance with Best Practices. ISBER routinely provides information about existing biorepositories and their biospecimen collections as well. For more information, please visit http://www.ISBER.org. Citation Format: Debra L. Garcia, Katherine Sexton, William E. Grizzle, Fay Betsou. The role of ISBER (The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories) in cancer research. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 5319. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-5319