Educational Materials

The National Cancer Institute Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch is committed to communicating about its initiatives around biospecimen science and the impact of biospecimen quality on cancer research and patient care. This list provides some basic resources to inform the public about biospecimens and biorepositories.

How You Can Help Medical Research: Donating Your Blood, Tissue, and Other Samples - This informative brochure is designed to help patients understand sample donation and the process for donating samples. To order copies of this brochure visit the NCI Publications Locator.

Lifecycle of Biospecimens - Learn more about the many variables that impact the molecular integrity of a biospeciman as it goes through the process of being collected from a patient through to scientific analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions - Gives answers to frequently asked questions about biospecimens and biobanking.

Glossary - A list of terms and their definitions to help your understanding as you navigate the BBRB Web site.