Tumour bank facilities

The Tumour Bank of The Children's Hospital at Westmead was established with the specific intention of encouraging and facilitating research into cancer in children. It supports research into childhood malignancies by collecting and storing tumour samples, where possible with matched control blood or tissue samples; blood samples from children with malignancies, and serial collections of blood, bone marrow and cerebrospinal fluid from children with leukaemia. These samples are made available to researchers both at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, nationally and internationally to facilitate research to reduce the incidence of, and to improve the outlook of, children with cancer.

For more information on the Tumour Bank, email: