TPCC

Turku Prostate Cancer Consortium, TPCC, was founded in 2013 as a research initiative between University of Turku, Turku University Hospital and The Hospital District of Southwest Finland. The aim of TPCC is to bring together academic research groups and clinical professionals of urology and pathology dedicated in research and clinical care of urological cancers, especially prostate and bladder cancer to innovate and initiate multidisciplinary research projects.

The core function of TPCC is organize collection and storage management of tissue and liquid samples. Samples include blood and urine samples as well as fresh and formalin-fixed tissue samples. Detailed clinical information is colleted utilizing REDCAP platform (https://project-redcap.org/).

This meticulous collection with high quality samples was initiated in 2013, and today the collection consists samples from robotic assisted radical prostatectomies (RALP), transurethral prostate resection (TURP), radical cystectomies and transurethral resections of bladder tumor (TUR-BT).