Biobank: The Belgian Virtual Tumourbank (Belgium)

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Type of database: biobank.

Primary purpose: To centralize and provide accessibility to residual human tumour samples for researchers, enabling the discovery of diagnostic and prognostic markers and the development of new therapies for the benefit of cancer patients.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Belgian Cancer Registry (BCR).

Type of information: longitudinal. age, sex, year, primary tumor localization, tumor histology, risk of cancer, tumor staging. Data Dictionary: The Belgian Virtual Tumourbank. To access the source, click on "Data" and then "Variables in the Database" in this website: click here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: Number of records catalogue, click here to learn more.

Date range: unknown.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Full list of cancer types: The Belgian Virtual Tumourbank.

Data access: not publicly available. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to learn more. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed: click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to access.