Breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm in Italy. With 54,976 new diagnoses in a year, this tumor represents 30.3 percent of all tumors affecting women and 14.6 percent of all tumors diagnosed in Italy.

The University Hospital Biobank of Padova processes and stores tumor tissue samples and healthy counterparts according to its Operating Procedures, updated to the most recent national and international regulatory and scientific developments. The clinical data of patients related to the samples are continuously updated following the follow-up of the cases treated.