Observational analysis explores operational feasibility of decentralized biobanking, indicating enhanced patient engagement and feedback loop in breast cancer research.
Background: Biobanks often lack standard mechanisms to keep donors connected to their biospecimens, reflecting a broken feedback loop that compromises trust, engagement, and scientific progress. Decentralized biobanking empowers patients to track their donations throughout the research journey, supporting personalized feedback and research collaboration via a privacy-preserving blockchain network. This case study explores operational feasibility of implementing decentralized biobanking for a large breast cancer biobank at a US academic medical center.
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