Access to data / samples
Principles governing access
- The women have donated samples for use in ethically approved secondary studies. Ethics approval from UK authorities is necessary before any project can be undertaken.
- A controlled access approach will be employed.
- No samples / data will be released that would compromise an ongoing trial or study.
- There must be a strong scientific or other legitimate rationale for the sample / data to be used for the requested purpose.
- Projects involving women’s cancer and in particular ovarian cancer should be collaborations involving the investigators who have invested time and effort in the trials/study and in maintaining and enriching the bioresource.
- The resources required to maintain the bioresource and process requests should not be under-estimated. All projects will need to cover the costs which will be generated using a custom-built cost recovery tool specifically developed for the bioresource.
- Data exchange will need to comply with Information Governance and Data Security Policies in all of the relevant countries.
- Where possible ‘open research’ with return of new data generated from use of n the samples/data will be the norm.
