ORGANIZATION
Who are we
National Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB), a state-of-the-art non-profit community based tissue biobank, is joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai.
What we do
The biobank collects tissue samples with consent from patients diagnosed with cancer. Information about the previous medical history and treatment of the donors is also documented along with the tissue samples. Tissue samples collected following surgery are in excess of what is required for diagnosis and would otherwise be discarded.
Our Mission
NCTB is the first facility in India and is aiming to provide researchers with high quality of cancer tissues with patient information to facilitate cancer research which is crtitical to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
