Whole blood, plasma, serum, cfDNA and buffy coat
Where possible we collect a blood sample from patients who donate to the BCNTB. This may be on the day of surgery or at a pre-operative consultation.
All our derivatives are prepared using standard methods to ensure quality. We can provide the following derivative samples from patients with breast cancer:
- serum
- EDTA plasma
- heparinised plasma
- For some cases in the Bank we have pre-extracted DNA and RNA.
Note: we can no longer offer bespoke DNA/RNA extraction for applications.
From our longitudinal collection (Sheffield Tissue Bank centre's specific collection)
- blood samples prepared for cf DNA
- buffy coat containing PBMCs
For costs please see our costs of samples page.
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