Ontario Tumour Bank Cases
This inventory is updated quarterly. Last updated on November 9, 2020.
Total Cases: 21,535
Total Samples: 141,857
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 | 120 | 57 | 107 | 41 | 168 | 237 | 14 |
| Breast | 1,121 | 438 | 808 | 239 | 1,118 | 1,100 | 182 |
| Central Nervous System | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Cervical | 40 | 4 | 42 | 8 | 102 | 110 | 0 |
| Colorectal | 2,618 | 2,212 | 2,400 | 2,078 | 1,593 | 2,406 | 294 |
| Endocrine (includes thyroid) | 231 | 82 | 171 | 46 | 178 | 197 | 5 |
| Esophageal | 170 | 133 | 82 | 131 | 292 | 306 | 7 |
| Gastric | 204 | 164 | 184 | 145 | 189 | 221 | 15 |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 52 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 16 |
| Gross Metastatic Disease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head and Neck | 201 | 30 | 139 | 24 | 222 | 241 | 29 |
| Hepatic, Biliary Tree | 52 | 34 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 38 | 9 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lung | 2,087 | 1,952 | 1,854 | 1,653 | 1,978 | 2,357 | 288 |
| Melanoma | 202 | 11 | 192 | 17 | 164 | 140 | 17 |
| Mesothelioma | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Neuroendocrine | 48 | 12 | 44 | 9 | 34 | 51 | 11 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas | 82 | 12 | 57 | 11 | 42 | 54 | 2 |
| Other | 100 | 15 | 97 | 17 | 89 | 105 | 13 |
| Ovarian, Fallopian or Peritoneal | 1,230 | 29 | 1,249 | 36 | 1,217 | 1,249 | 174 |
| Pancreatic | 113 | 25 | 116 | 31 | 65 | 108 | 5 |
| Prostate | 0 | 0 | 1,650 | 5 | 2,847 | 2,575 | 1,182 |
| Renal and Ureter | 1,930 | 1,365 | 1,747 | 1,278 | 1290 | 1,546 | 360 |
| Sarcomas of Bone | 22 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 1 |
| Skin- Non Melanomas | 96 | 12 | 97 | 10 | 79 | 88 | 13 |
| Small Intestine | 76 | 33 | 72 | 31 | 61 | 77 | 10 |
| Soft Tissue Sarcoma | 374 | 49 | 377 | 46 | 306 | 356 | 47 |
| Testicular | 66 | 18 | 63 | 16 | 48 | 54 | 7 |
| Unknown | 79 | 19 | 76 | 18 | 78 | 88 | 5 |
| Urethral or Penile | 14 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| Uterine | 1,439 | 179 | 1,345 | 130 | 1,478 | 1,573 | 322 |
| Vulva, Vagina | 64 | 7 | 68 | 8 | 90 | 93 | 8 |
