The National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program is interested in developing a SEER-linked Virtual Tissue Repository (VTR). A SEER VTR, with its population representativeness and large sampling frame would be a unique resource for assembling robust collections of biospecimens even for rare tumors and outcomes. SEER demographic and clinical data can be augmented with custom annotation of data including detailed chemotherapy, time to recurrence, and body mass index. The objectives of the VTR Pilot Study are to assess the ability of SEER Registries To serve as a resource for biospecimen research To locate cases with biospecimens in pathology laboratories and determine the requirements to retrieve those biospecimens To provide custom annotation of specified data items The VTR Pilot will also capture costs to identify and annotate these biospecimens.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
261201300009I-4-26100007-1
Application #
9783686
Study Section
Project Start
2015-09-11
Project End
2019-03-31
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Hawaii University
Department
Type
DUNS #
009438664
City
Honolulu
State
HI
Country
United States
Zip Code
96822