© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 10, 706,
May 21, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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National Tumor Bank Set Up in United Kingdom
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A new national tumor bank called the National Cancer Tissue Resource (NCTR) is being developed in the United Kingdom to address a possible bottleneck in cancer researchthe lack of tissue samples to test potential cancer treatments and develop new diagnostic tests.
The "virtual bank" is being launched by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), a recently formed partnership between the government,