TY - JOUR AU - Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil AU - Tuminello, Stephanie AU - Gillezeau, Christina AU - van Gerwen, Maaike AU - Brody, Rachel AU - Donovan, Michael AU - Taioli, Emanuela PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/11 TI - The development of a Biobank of cancer tissue samples from World Trade Center responders JO - Journal of Translational Medicine SP - 280 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - World Trade CenterĀ (WTC) responders were exposed to mixture of dust, smoke, chemicals and carcinogens. Studies of cancer incidence in this population have reported elevated risks of cancer compared to the general population. There is a need to supplement current epidemiologic cancer follow-up with a cancer tissue bank in order to better elucidate a possible connection between each cancer and past WTC exposure. This work describes the implementation of a tissue bank system for the WTC newly diagnosed cancers, focused on advancing the understanding of the biology of these tumors. This will ultimately impact the modalities of treatment, and the probability of success and survival of these patients. SN - 1479-5876 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-018-1661-x DO - 10.1186/s12967-018-1661-x ID - Lieberman-Cribbin2018 ER -