23953f5e-36d8-4582-b87d-df538a59af22 - samples

Samples encompass primary colorectal tumors, adjacent normal colonic mucosa and metastasis of 12 patients, collected by Medical Pathologists from surgically removed specimens. Normal mucosa samples were taken more than 2 cm away from the tumor. Tissues were embedded in optimal cutting temperature (OCT) medium, snapshot frozen in liquid nitrogen within 40 minutes of collection and preserved at -80ºC. Samples were collected between June 2010 and October 2017 as part of a prospective biobanking project.EGA dataset EGAD00001007686