Table 1.

Overview of 6NC biobanks in NCBN.

NC	Main target diseases	Main types of biological samples	Year of NC establishment	Number of enrolled patients in biobank1	Relevant NC URLs
NCC	Cancer	Plasma, DNA, RNA, tumor/non-tumor tissue	1962	54,431	https://www.ncc.go.jp/en/index.html
NCVC	Cardiovascular diseases	Plasma, serum, DNA, pathological tissue, body fluid	1977	22,541	https://www.ncvc.go.jp/english/
NCNP	Psychiatric, Neurological diseases	Plasma, serum, DNA, cerebrospinal fluid, brain tissue, muscle tissue	1986	19,764	https://www.ncnp.go.jp/en/
NCGM	Chronic and Infectious diseases	Plasma, serum, DNA, pathological tissue	1993	20,126	https://www.ncgm.go.jp/en/index.html
NCCHD	Pediatric diseases	Serum, DNA, umbilical cord, placenta, chorionic plate	2002	2,468	http://www.ncchd.go.jp/en/index.html
NCGG	Geriatric diseases	Plasma, serum, DNA, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, feces	2004	12,161	https://www.ncgg.go.jp/english/index.html

¹As of 31 March 2022.