Policies

• Patient identity is confidential, all specimens will be coded. The key to the codes will always remain with the Biorepository. No protected health information will be released to researchers.
• The Biorepository does not supply samples to researchers solely for distribution to third parties; those researchers should apply to the Biorepository directly.
• The recipient agrees to acknowledge the contributions of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health Comprehensive Biorepository in all publications resulting from the use of specimens obtained from the Biorepository. Recommended wording to use in the methods or acknowledgement sections is as follows: "Specimen samples were provided by Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health Comprehensive Biorepository, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI P30CA23100)."
• Report back to the BTTSR all specimen uses-histology/morphologic analysis, genomics/epigenomics, gene expression, proteomics, etc. (not specific data) and whether there are residual analytes.