Resumen de Tumor banks for genomic and proteomic research

David Olmos Hidalgo, Nuria Ribelles Entrena

• The information offered by the new techniques of genomics and proteomics will substantially modify diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to cancer. Nevertheless, this type of research is limited by the lack of available tissue samples. Tumor banks are support tools for transference investigation, providing rapid access to information and supplying the tissue samples required by a given research project. In this article, the purposes and applications of tumor banks are reviewed, as well as the ethical and legal principles that guide their operation.