What is the role of the NCI Biorepository Coordinating Committee?
Based on the findings of an NCI analysis of NCI-supported biorepositories, the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) approved in November 2004 the formation of a trans-NCI committee, called the NCI Biorepository Coordinating Committee (BCC). The mission of the BCC is to coordinate efforts to improve the availability and quality of human specimens needed for research supported by the NCI throughout all its programs. The BCC has been charged with recommending harmonized policies and procedures for NCI-supported biorepositories that will enable the highest quality research while ensuring the ethical integrity of the process and fostering public trust. The BCC organized workshops devoted to technical and operational issues as well as ethical, legal, and policy issues which formed the basis of the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources. The NCI Best Practices were accepted by the National Cancer Advisory Board in June 2007. The BCC is involved in the ongoing revision of the NCI Best P
