Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration.
Faraj W, Robson M, Tawil A, Reuter V, Mahfouz R, Cambria R, Saheb N, Ferrer C, Vemuri S, Yaghi M, Kanso M, Abdullah A, El Nounou G, Jabbour M, Muenkel K, Kaufman K, Wakim J, Badson S, Wilson R, Houston C, Drobnjak M, Hoballah J, Ziyadeh F, Zaatari G, Brennan M, O'Reilly E, Abu-Alfa A, Abou-Alfa G. Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration. JCO Global Oncology 2023, 9: e2300140. PMID: 37883726, PMCID: PMC10846789, DOI: 10.1200/go.23.00140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBiological Specimen BanksDeveloping CountriesGenomicsHumansLebanonNeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMiddle-income countriesPatients age 18 yearsBiospecimen repositoryPatient participation ratesAge 18 yearsPotential participantsDocumentation of reasonsPrimary physicianCancer CenterJoint tissuesTherapeutic interventionsBody sitesPatientsAbnormal tissueConsentFamily membersTissueResearch awarenessAUBParticipation ratesBiospecimensParticipantsCancer genomics