Fassan, Matteo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6515-5482
Rusev, Borislav
Corbo, Vincenzo
Gasparini, Pierluigi
Luchini, Claudio
Vicentini, Caterina
Mafficini, Andrea
Paiella, Salvatore
Salvia, Roberto
Cataldo, Ivana
Scarpa, Aldo
Huebner, Kay
Funding for this research was provided by:
USPHS National Cancer Institute (CA120516)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (12182)
Cam-Pac FP7 (602783)
FIMP-Italian Ministry of Health (CUP_J33G13000210001)
Article History
Received: 25 May 2016
Revised: 22 February 2017
Accepted: 6 March 2017
First Online: 13 March 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: The materials used have been collected under Program 853 protocol 298CE on 15 February 2002 and Program 1885 protocol 52438 on 23 November 2010. The protocols include informed consent of the patient and were approved by the local ethics committee of the Integrated University Hospital Trust of Verona. The first approval (prog. 853) regarded the collection of pancreas samples for use in molecular research studies. This was later updated (prog. 1885) for the creation of a coordinated biobank for the collection of samples from all cancer patients that included neoplastic and associated local and distant normal tissue. The approved programs include tissue processing and storage methods of FFPE tissues of both neoplastic and normal tissues.
: This work was supported by AssociazioneItalianaRicercaCancro (AIRC grant n. 12182, to AS); Cam-Pac FP7 Grant no: 602783 (to AS); Italian Cancer Genome Project (FIRB RBAP10AHJB to AS); FIMP-Italian Ministry of Health (CUP_J33G13000210001 to AS), and USPHS National Cancer Institute grant CA120516 (to KH).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.