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Last Updated: 01/05/09

Guidelines for collection, handling, and storage of specimens from National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cooperative Group and Breast International Group (BIG) Breast cancer clinical trials

Recommendations for Collection and Handling of Specimens from Group Breast Cancer Clinical Trials (Dec 1, 2008 issue of JCO). A detailed, extensive DATA SUPPLEMENT/Appendix to the above article provides recommendations in more detail and is also available to subscribers at the link above.

For the "NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources" document, please visit the Web site of the NCI Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR).