Where are the tumour blocks kept?
Tumour blocks and blood from the 6.000 women participating in the MINDACT clinical trial are being kept in the TRANSBIG biological materials bank. This facility was set up especially for TRANSBIG by World Courier, an international company specialised in the shipment and storage of biological materials, in Brussels. The TRANSBIG Steering Committee will govern access to the samples. The advantage of archiving biological materials in a neutral site is that there will be no conflict of interest and anyone who has a research project approved by the TRANSBIG Steering Committee can have access to the samples. A detailed procedure for submission of research proposals and the review process was developed and approved by the TRANSBIG Steering Committee (see also question18).
