The Chernobyl Tissue Bank – Coordinating International Research on Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer

Objective

This proposal is for continued support for a high quality tissue bank of clinically and pathologically annotated biological samples from patients who have developed thyroid tumours following exposure to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. It not only provides biological material to researchers world-wide but will collate research data from all projects using the resource in a web-accessible data warehouse, and provide a suite of bioinformatic tools for secondary datamining studies. Biological data will be linked to dosimetry data, as well as data on clinical presentation and outcome. It will provide a coordinated approach to specimens collected to agreed standard operating procedures and quality standards. The project will provide an unequalled resource for research on the health consequences of exposure of a population to radiation from a nuclear accident.

Programme(s)

• FP7-EURATOM-FISSION - EURATOM: Nuclear fission and radiation protection

Topic(s)

• Fission-2007-4.1-03 - Databases and tissue banks

Call for proposal

FP7-Fission-2007
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Funding Scheme

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Address

South Kensington Campus Exhibition Road
SW7 2AZ London
United Kingdom

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 1 256 915

Administrative Contact

Tatjana Palalic (Ms.)

Participants (4)

V P KOMISARENKO INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM - ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF THE UKRAINE

Ukraine

EU contribution

€ 82 381

Address

Vyshgorodska Street 69
254114 Kiev

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Mykowla Tronko (Prof.)

MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE - RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Russia

EU contribution

€ 85 582

Address

Koroleva Street 4
249020 Obninsk

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Anatoly Tsyb (Prof.)

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 23 712

Address

Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1
85764 Neuherberg

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Juergen Ertel (Dr.)

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA

Poland

EU contribution

€ 132 680

Address

Ul. Akademicka 2A
44-100 Gliwice

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Andrzej Swierniak (Prof.)