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Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Biopsy Data to Guide Sampling Procedures for Prostate Cancer Biobanking

Susan Heavey¹, Aiman Haider², Ashwin Sridhar³, Hayley Pye¹, Greg Shaw¹, Alex Freeman², Hayley Whitaker¹

¹Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group, University College London, ²Research Department of Pathology, University College London, ³Department of Uro-Oncology, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

This method involves utilization of clinical diagnostic data for prostate cancer patients in order to guide sampling procedures, when biobanking tissue following radical prostatectomy. This overcomes issues with previously published methods around efficiency and availability of fresh tissue for a wider range of downstream applications.