The Cumulative
Cumulative Total
- Community Based
142,882cases received
34,966follow-up cases
- Hospital Based
7,012cases received
1,414follow-up cases
420Second round follow-up cases
97Third round follow-up cases
8Fourth round follow-up cases
As of 28 Feb, 2021
Biobanks Around The World
The population of each country is unique with respect to genes, lifestyle, and other risk factors. That is why more and more countries have established their own biobanks. For example, Iceland, the UK, Japan, Estonia, the United States, Germany, Canada, etc., have already established their own biobanks.
瑞典
The Swedish National Biobank Program
2002-2004
185,000 sampling occasionsn
韓國
National Biobank of Korea
2008-2012
525,416 participants
馬來西亞
The Malaysian Cohort
2005- present
106,527participants
墨西哥
The Mexico City Prospective Study
1998-2004
150,000 adults
荷蘭
Lifelines Cohort (Dutch population-based cohort study)
2004-present
167,792 participants
印度
ICMR National Tumour Tissue Repository (INTTR, Tumour Tissue Repository in India)
2005- present
27,342 cases

Purpose Of Taiwan Biobank

• 成立多中心的資料收集合作聯盟。
• 建立具有連續性資料收集的資料庫,透過追蹤方式,更新參與個案生活習慣變化、健
康狀況、臨床治療/用藥資訊、病程進展與生物檢體等。
• 提供國內研究者生物檢體與臨床資料,以進行生物醫學領域相關研究。
The Distribution Of TWB Recruitment Centres
The distribution of all 29 TWB recruitment centres and the population density of Taiwan. The colours represent the population density (persons per km²) of each city or county. There is at least one recruitment centre in each city or county.

Demographic Characteristics in Taiwan Biobank (as of June 30, 2019)
Family History of Cancers
The distributions of Taiwan Biobank participants with at least one relative (birth parent or sibling) who had been diagnosed with cancer. Liver cancer was the most common cancer (9.25%).