How will the NCI Best Practices be updated?
The NCI Best Practices is a living document that will be updated in response to evidence-based recommendations and changes in regulations. Efforts also will be made to align the NCI Best Practices, where appropriate, with biospecimen guidelines or best practices published by other organizations such as the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Periodic revision of the NCI Best Practices will occur with input from researchers, biospecimen resource managers, advocates, policymakers, and related stakeholders as changes in science, law, and policy occur. As part of the revised document, new tools and supplemental guidance in key areas will be posted to the NCI Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Web site.
