The Integration of Biobanking as standard practice across a range of haematological malignancies in the Australian private healthcare setting.

Abstract

Biobanks are essential tools for researching risk factors that underlie complex diseases, including cancer The Molecular Oncology and Cancer Immunology (MOCI) Biobank Study at Epworth HealthCare is a repository of biospecimens and clinical information of participants from a variety of clinical backgrounds The primary aim of this study is to maintain a resource to facilitate ethically approved research studies to discover new ways to treat, monitor and prevent diseases with the overarching goal of developing a foundation for improved personalised medicine.