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Mendy M, Caboux E, Lawlor RT, et al. Common Minimum Technical Standards and Protocols for Biobanks Dedicated to Cancer Research. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. (IARC Technical Report, No. 44.)

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Abbreviations

ACD

acid citrate dextrose

BBMRI-ERIC

Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure–European Research Infrastructure Consortium

BBMRI-LPC

BBMRI–Large Prospective Cohorts

BCNet

LMICs Biobank and Cohort Building Network

BRIF

Bioresource Research Impact Factor

BRISQ

Biospecimen Reporting for Improved Study Quality

CEN

European Committee for Standardization

CO2

carbon dioxide

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

DBS

dried blood spot

DEPC

diethylpyrocarbonate

DIN

DNA integrity number

DMSO

dimethyl sulfoxide

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

DR

disaster recovery

dsDNA

double-stranded DNA

DTA

Data Transfer Agreement

EDTA

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

ELSI

ethical, legal, and social issues

EPIC

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

ESBB

European, Middle Eastern and African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking

EU

European Union

FBS

fetal bovine serum

FFPE

formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded

GA4GH

Global Alliance for Genomics and Health

gDNA

genomic DNA

HBV

hepatitis B virus

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IATA

International Air Transport Association

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ISBER

International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

IT

information technology

LIMS

laboratory information management system

LMICs

low- and middle-income countries

LN2

liquid nitrogen

MIABIS

Minimum Information about Biobank Data Sharing

miRNA

microRNA

MTA

Material Transfer Agreement

NCI

United States National Cancer Institute

NIH

United States National Institutes of Health

OCT

optimal cutting temperature

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

P3G

Public Population Project in Genomics and Society

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

QMS

quality management system

qPCR

quantitative PCR

R&D

research and development

RIN

RNA integrity number

RNA

ribonucleic acid

rRNA

ribosomal RNA

RT-PCR

reverse transcription PCR

SOPs

standard operating procedures

SPREC

Sample PREanalytical Code

ssDNA

single-stranded DNA

TNM

tumour–node–metastasis

TuBaFrost

European Human Frozen Tumour Tissue Bank

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UV

ultraviolet

WHO

World Health Organization

© International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2017. For more information contact publications@iarc.fr.
Bookshelf ID: NBK567248

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