Ontario Tumour Bank Cases
This inventory is updated quarterly. Last updated on March 1, 2021.
Total Cases: 21,847
Total Samples: 143,965
Inventory numbers indicate total number of cases of all histologies for each disease site. Any additional selection criteria may reduce the total number of available cases.
| Fresh Frozen Tumour | Fresh Frozen Normal Adjacent | Paraffin Embedded Tumour | Paraffin Embedded Normal Adjacent | Fresh Frozen Buffy Coat | Fresh Frozen Plasma | Fresh Frozen Cell-Free Plasma | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anal | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Bladder | 124 | 59 | 111 | 43 | 168 | 244 | 14 |
| Breast | 1,125 | 437 | 812 | 239 | 1,118 | 1,101 | 182 |
| Central Nervous System | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Cervical | 40 | 4 | 42 | 8 | 102 | 111 | 0 |
| Colorectal | 2,704 | 2,288 | 2,489 | 2,155 | 1,603 | 2,494 | 297 |
| Endocrine (includes thyroid) | 231 | 82 | 171 | 46 | 178 | 197 | 5 |
| Esophageal | 171 | 134 | 83 | 132 | 292 | 309 | 7 |
| Gastric | 212 | 170 | 193 | 152 | 189 | 230 | 15 |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 53 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 16 |
| Gross Metastatic Disease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head and Neck | 202 | 30 | 140 | 24 | 222 | 243 | 29 |
| Hepatic, Biliary Tree | 52 | 34 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 39 | 9 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lung | 2,101 | 1,965 | 1,868 | 1,666 | 1,979 | 2,372 | 289 |
| Melanoma | 209 | 11 | 199 | 17 | 164 | 140 | 17 |
| Mesothelioma | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Neuroendocrine | 49 | 12 | 45 | 9 | 34 | 52 | 11 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas | 83 | 13 | 58 | 12 | 42 | 53 | 2 |
| Other | 101 | 15 | 98 | 18 | 88 | 106 | 13 |
| Ovarian, Fallopian or Peritoneal | 1,238 | 29 | 1,257 | 36 | 1,217 | 1,253 | 174 |
| Pancreatic | 117 | 26 | 120 | 32 | 67 | 115 | 6 |
| Prostate | 0 | 0 | 1,691 | 5 | 2,852 | 2,595 | 1,187 |
| Renal and Ureter | 1,972 | 1,399 | 1,769 | 1,311 | 1,292 | 1,574 | 364 |
| Sarcomas of Bone | 22 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 1 |
| Skin- Non Melanomas | 98 | 12 | 99 | 10 | 79 | 90 | 13 |
| Small Intestine | 76 | 33 | 72 | 31 | 61 | 77 | 10 |
| Soft Tissue Sarcoma | 376 | 49 | 379 | 46 | 306 | 356 | 47 |
| Testicular | 67 | 18 | 64 | 16 | 48 | 54 | 7 |
| Unknown | 81 | 20 | 77 | 19 | 78 | 89 | 5 |
| Urethral or Penile | 14 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| Uterine | 1,449 | 179 | 1,355 | 130 | 1,477 | 1,575 | 322 |
| Vulva, Vagina | 64 | 7 | 68 | 8 | 90 | 93 | 8 |
