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The Repository

What's in the Bank?

Here follows a summary of the tissues we have to offer.  Please contact James Noyama, noyamajl@upmc.edu, if you have a specific inquiry about what is in the Bank.

We also have a search function within our Project Management Tool. If you need access to the Project Management Tool, or have any questions about how to request tissues or begin a prospective collection, please contact Nicole Pistorius, pistoriusnd@upmc.edu.

Grand Totals

Product type Specimens
Blood 607665
Urine 39576
Other biological fluids 22402
Solid tissues (frozen) 110658
Normal tissue (frozen) 29536

Women's Health Focus - Breast samples from two time points

Time lapse Specimens
under 1 yr 166
1 yr 31
2 yrs 17
3 yrs 21
4 yrs 19
5 yrs 11
6 yrs 7
7 yrs 9
8+ yrs 29

Carcinomas

Type Cases tumors normal benign
Adenocarcinoma 8850 8515 8452 793
Squamous Cell 665 785 571 49
Adenosquamous 44 63 50 4
Ductal 4745 4766 5071 264
Renal 1299 2785 1511 2
Urothelial 698 979 821 1
In Situ 662 262 779 129

Other Cancers

Type Cases tumor normal benign
Sarcoma 1101 2281 811 65
Mesothelioma 291 588 103 2
Melanoma 425 575 123 2
Blastoma 55 104 4 0

Neoplasms

Type Cases tumor normal benign
Adenoma 1660 442 1449 257
Fibroma 583 90 856 324
Oncocytoma 89 182 48 0

Most abundant non-cancerous diseases

Type Cases Samples
Pneumonia 210 2894
Emphysema 126 1852
Diverticulitis 104 177
Crohns 236 460
Diverticulosis 124 229
Bronchiectasis 59 906
Colitis 188 319

Most abundant organs

Type Cases with blood with Tumor+Normal Total samples
Breast 7760 1123 3151 28433
Ovary 7382 1998 1060 40314
Colon 3599 1477 893 8465
Uterus 3469 384 129 6471
Prostate Gland 2977 2026 55 18886
Lung 1970 77 341 12779
Thyroid Gland 1870 1258 627 3408
Kidney 1830 429 267 5965
Lymph Node 1514 697 13 2675
Soft Tissue 1286 86 46 3652
Liver 997 38 230 2280
Bladder 867 333 104 2957
OMENTUM 828 282 54 2270
Female Genitalia 823 25 15 1209
Pancreas 726 110 252 1243
Small Intestine 670 120 73 1180
Stomach 385 33 97 705
Adrenal Gland 345 78 49 608
Seminal Vesicle 278 219 0 530
Esophagus 243 44 92 450
Spleen 241 26 22 456
Testis 229 49 24 504
Brain 229 48 5 323

updated 2024-01-05.