World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project: IV. Tissue collection, processing, and storage in endometriosis research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To harmonize standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardize the recording of associated data for collection, processing, and storage of human tissues relevant to endometriosis.

Design

An international collaboration involving 34 clinical/academic centers and three industry collaborators from 16 countries on five continents.

Setting

In 2013, two workshops were conducted followed by global consultation, bringing together 54 leaders in endometriosis research and sample processing from around the world.

Patient(s)

None.

Intervention(s)

Consensus SOPs were based on: 1) systematic comparison of SOPs from 24 global centers collecting tissue samples from women with and without endometriosis on a medium or large scale (publication on >100 cases); 2

SUBMITTER: Fassbender A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230778 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature