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

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Type of database: survey, biobank, genomics, research study.

Primary purpose: To identify tumour markers or tumour 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: cross-sectional. primary tumour localization, tumour staging, comorbidities, medical procedures, medication use, sex, age, year. Status of the primary tumour, site of metastasis, tumour volume, treatment history, and biological samples such as paraffin-embedded and frozen primary tumour tissue, as well as DNA, plasma, and serum samples collected from these patients. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Data is from patients with metastatic breast cancer who are treated in Lund since 2003.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: 310.

Date range: 2003 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C50: Breast cancer. Click here to learn more.

Data access: not publicly available. Dataset information and contact to request data: click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to learn more.