### BARC (Biospecimen Archive Research Core)

  BARC is an IRB-approved, fee-for-service archive of biospecimens. Our mission is to collect high quality samples of normal and diseased human material with appropriate clinical annotation and make these biospecimens available to qualified researchers. All subjects have given consent for these biospecimens to be used in broad applications of research, while the BARC is charged with protecting privacy and confidentiality of all participants.

All biospecimens collected from medical procedures at BMC have been procured from patients under rigorous quality management, processed and stored using NCI Best Practices.

- Tissue samples are frozen and/or blocked in paraffin, with many having matching plasma samples
- Can work with investigators to get prospective samples if retrospective samples will not work
- BARC Oversight Committee will review and approve application to ensure feasibility

### DISEASE AND TISSUE TYPES REPRESENTED:

   Colon

- IBD
- Rectal Cancer
- Colon Cancer
 
  Tonsils

- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Tonsillitis
 
    Parathyroid

- Parathyroid Adenoma
 
  Stomach

- Stomach Cancer
 
    Prostate

- Prostate Cancer
 
  Uterus

- Uterine Cancer
 
    Lung

- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma
 
  Ovary

- Ovarian Cancer
 
    Thyroid

- Papillary Carcinomas
 
  Kidney

- Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Clear Cell Carcinoma
 
    Breast

- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma