Biobank/Database: Breast cancer - a metastasis study (Sweden)

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Primary purpose: To identify tumor markers or tumor cells in the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer for research and diagnostic purposes.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Lund University; Region Skåne.

Type of information: Data on individuals with metastatic breast cancer, including the status of the primary tumor, site of metastasis, tumor volume, treatment history, and biological samples such as paraffin-embedded and frozen primary tumor tissue, as well as DNA, plasma, and serum samples collected from these patients.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: 310.

Date Range: 2003 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: breast cancer (C50).

Data access: partially publicly available [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].

Contact information: Information [3].