Deidentified cancer biospecimens are made available to collaborators and other researchers studying causes, diagnosis and treatments of cancer. If you need cancer specimens for your study, please reach out to Biobank Director, Dr. Paraic Kenny, at biobank@gundersenhealth.org and our team will be happy to work with you.
FFPE tissue forms the bulk of our biorepository collection. We have been prospectively banking FFPE tumor and adacent-normal specimens from consented cancer patients since 2017. In addition, we have a large 20+ year old collection that was acquired via an IRB-approved consent waiver for specimens which exceed institutional specimen retention policies.
We have tumor and adjacent-normal tissue fragments that were flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen within minutes of surgical resection.
Banked serum (SST tube) and double-spun plasma are available, typically paired with either FFPE or flash-frozen tissue specimens.
Collected primarily to provide a matched source of germline genomic DNA, these specimens are cryopreserved under conditions that should also allow recovery of live cells.
H&E images from selected specimens can be viewed on our digital pathology page.
Patient privacy is our paramount concern. Our specimens are all deidentified but are well-annotated with non-identifying elements from patient records. We can also provide redacted pathology reports describing clinical specimens, as well as data on both somatic and germline genetic alterations.