Business Planning for a Campus-Wide Biobank.

Biobanks are resources that facilitate research. Many biobanks exist around the world, but most tend to focus on a specific disease or research area. BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital are located on the same campus (Oak Street Campus) in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Where there is a will, there is a way: networks as a means of cancer control.

A key challenge in cancer control is the need for translational research to link discovery research with improved health outcomes. In British Columbia, we have built upon the idea of communities of practice to develop networks that will meet our cancer-control mandate.