Meeting of the Xarxa de Bancs de Tumors de Catalunya at the IRBLleida
The XBTC is made up of tumour banks from eleven Catalan hospitals
The Xarxa de Bancs de Tumors de Catalunya (XBTC) is made up of tumour banks at eleven Catalan hospitals with the mission of making a large collection of samples of samples from different pathologies, mainly from cancer patients, for biomedical research. The XBTC currently has over 3 million tumour tissues and specimens available.
The XBTC was established in 2007 as an initiative of the of the Government of Catalonia Oncology Plan, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and several hospitals.
The network is structured with nodes located in each hospital and is currently coordinated by the node at Hospital Clinic-FCRB-IDIBAPS Barcelona.
The professionals who make up the XBTC in Lleida
