Policiuc Liliana, Buse Mihail, Gulei Diana, Andreea Zimta Alina, Braicu Cornelia, Iulia Irimie Alexandra, Berindan-Neagoe Ioana
Research Center for Functional Genomics and Translational Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
J BUON. 2018 May-Jun;23(3):550-560.
The present review outlines the current information available about biobanks including: summarizing the main ethical issues encountered when integrating patient samples in research projects; emphasizing the importance of biobanks as the basis for any personalized medicine therapies in cancer with a particular focus for oral cancer, through the use of biomarkers; and providing examples of biobanks that use anonymous sample collection and labelling methodologies to help alleviate the problems of privacy, informed consent, data security as well as public trust.
本综述概述了目前关于生物样本库的可用信息,包括:总结在研究项目中整合患者样本时遇到的主要伦理问题;强调生物样本库作为癌症个性化医疗(尤其关注口腔癌)基础的重要性,通过使用生物标志物来实现;并提供一些生物样本库的实例,这些生物样本库采用匿名样本采集和标记方法,以帮助缓解隐私、知情同意、数据安全以及公众信任等问题。