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Developing and Organizing an Institutional Biospecimen Repository provides useful information on establishing and maintaining a biospecimen repository (tissue biobank) and discusses issues critical to specimen collection, processing, storage, and distribution. Contents include Defining the role of the biospecimen repository, Developing an institutional resource within the pathology department, Management and key personnel, Infrastructure of the repository and associated core laboratories, Flow of biospecimens to and from the repository, Quality control, Biorepository informatics, Informed consent, Cost assessment for developing an institutional biorepository, Relationships with outside institutions and industry. | ||||||||||||