Alliance celebrates World Breast Cancer Research Day
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 05:16 ET (23-Oct-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)
This World Breast Cancer Research Day, the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology is highlighting the importance of clinical research in advancing better treatments and improving early detection to ultimately help prevent and cure breast cancer. Although both men and women can develop breast cancer, the disease disproportionately affects women. On average, women in the United States have about a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. In 2026, an estimated 321,910 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and about 42,140 will die from the disease. An estimated 2,670 men will also be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
Biobanks are collections of biospecimens and associated data from animals, humans, environments, microbes, geological deposits, botanicals and crops or historical artifacts that can be used in critical scientific research. In the case of human and animal biospecimens, these may also be able used in direct clinical interventions such as precision medicine. Despite being a foundation and linchpin of modern science, with major contributions in nearly every sub-discipline of scientific research around the world, biobanking as a discipline remains somewhat in obscurity. This unfamiliarity represents an ongoing threat to the sustainability of biobanks, which includes reductions in funding, government and public support, and ultimately scientific impact. Therefore, awareness of biobanking’s global impact must be the foundation for further advocacy and education, and with this in mind, a new international initiative, ‘Global Biobank Awareness’ (GBA) has been launched to propel biobanking into the public consciousness.
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