NRG ONCOLOGY BIOSPECIMEN BANK

The NRG Oncology Biospecimen Bank is located in Columbus, Pittsburgh, Houston, and San Francisco.

The NRG Oncology Biospecimen Bank (NRG-BB) is the central repository of biospecimens collected from patients enrolled in NRG Oncology clinical trials. Biospecimens are stored at NRG-BB locations based on disease site. More than 1.5 million biospecimens from more than 519,500 clinical trial cases are stored at the NRG Biospecimen Bank. These include unstained slides, tissue blocks, frozen and fresh tissues, and fluids, such as plasma or serum, from various disease sites. Extensive concomitant clinical follow-up data on the patients is managed by the NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center.

The purpose of the NRG-BB is to store and distribute biospecimens. The NRG-BB is the primary provider of protocol-based kits for sites to collect, process and ship patient biospecimens to the NRG-BB.

The NRG-BB also provides annotated patient samples to qualified investigators who have significant research hypotheses that merit the use of such specimens. Investigators interested in using specimens from the NRG-BB can obtain information and application forms at: https://www.nrgoncology.org/Scientific-Program/Biospecimen-Access

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Serum Bank samples transition
Please note that the NRG Oncology Serum Bank at Baylor College of Medicine will be transitioning NRG samples to the NRG Biobank Pittsburgh soon. More details to come. Check here or the NRG Weekly Broadcasts for updates. (posted April 8, 2024)

NRG Biospecimen Bank San Francisco
NRGBB-SF will be changing their biospecimen database in late March/early April 2024. Due to this change, we request that institutions with the capacity to store their samples collected for biobanking, do so on-site. Do not ship samples to the NRGBB-SF bank during the dates March 11-April 8, 2024. Click here for additional important information.

NRG Biobank Pittsburgh Relocation
NRG Oncology Biobank Pittsburgh new address, as of February 1, 2024:
Nova Place
100 South Commons, Suite 120
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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