Table 2. Responses from participants who had previously heard of biobanking and their perceptions of the role of a cancer biobank.
| Participant number N=34/94a | Participant profession | Quotation | Common biobanking themes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Administration Officer | Holding samples of tissue | i |
| 2 | Technical Assistant/Officer | Collection of tissues and data for research purpose | ii |
| 3 | Technical Assistant/Officer | Not sure, as only know a basic general idea of it | − |
| 4 | Doctor | Collecting clinical information and sections of tumours so that tissue samples can be used for research to improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer | ii, iii |
| 5 | Doctor | Build up a bank of tumour for future research | i, ii |
| 6 | Doctor | Preserving the tumour tissue for future research purposes and various treatment modalities, testing for mutations, genetic analysis | i, ii, iii |
| 7 | Doctor | Preserving tissue for current/future molecular/genetic research | i, ii |
| 8 | Doctor | Increase knowledge base, especially genetics and molecular characteristics of tumours | iii |
| 9 | Doctor | Future retrieval of tissue and molecular cytogenetic studies if required and for research purposes | i, ii |
| 10 | Doctor | If would be helpful for future diagnosis and treatment of cancers | iii |
| 11 | Administration Officer | Not sure, I do not know enough about it | − |
| 12 | Administration Officer | Do not know enough about this | − |
| 14 | Nurse | Help examine the behaviour of the different cancers and possibly find a treatment and cure | iii |
| 16 | Doctor | Save pathological samples for studying | i, ii |
| 18 | Nurse | Collect samples for future study | i, ii |
| 24 | Nurse | Storing tissue | i |
| 25 | Nurse | Genetic storage | i |
| 27 | Doctor | Keep histopathology samples of tumour for study in future | i, ii |
| 30 | Nurse | Banking biological items such as bone marrow for when maybe needed later | i |
| 38 | Nurse | Storage and management of samples for research | i, ii |
| 47 | Doctor | To provide material for research and store for possible future use | i, ii |
| 48 | Nurse | Tissue Bank for research purposes | ii |
| 54 | Nurse | Bank that stores biological specimens | i |
| 55 | Doctor | Collection of tissue samples for future research | i, ii |
| 57 | Nurse | Keeping specimen for use transplant | − |
| 59 | Nurse | Storing of human biological samples for research and perhaps future use in scientific/medicine using data captured | i, ii, iii |
| 68 | Allied Health Professional | Store biological tissue | i |
| 70 | Nurse | Biobank will store samples from cancer patients and use for research to help find a cure for various types of cancer | i, ii, iii |
| 71 | Nurse | Stores biological samples for use in research | i, ii |
| 78 | Nurse | A place where tissue samples are stored and used for research | i, ii |
| 82 | Allied Health Professional | Collection of samples used for further research into cancer pathophysiology and treatment | i, ii, iii |
| 86 | Allied Health Professional | Tissue removal for research | ii |
| 87 | Nurse | Bank a cancer specimen for future research | ii |
| 89 | Nurse | To collect blood and tissue samples from healthy individuals or patients diagnosed with cancer or at risk of developing cancer including some information about health/treatment of the donors. Samples/information available for research into causes/diagnosis/prevention/treatments etc | i, ii, iii |
i: storage facility; ii: research facility; iii: improving knowledge and clinical outcomes.
a
Due to non-response to some survey items by a small number of participants, the number does not equal the total N of the study (95).