{"entity":{"id":"nl-colorectal-cancer-research-platform","kind":"collection","name":"Colorectal cancer research platform (Netherlands)","aka":["Dutch colorectal cancer research platform"],"tldr":"A Dutch directory of colorectal cancer research studies that hold patients' samples, built so that researchers can find samples for testing new ideas without starting a collection from scratch.","summary":"The directory describes the platform as a comprehensive overview of all human colorectal cancer studies in the Netherlands, started to connect fundamental and clinical research and to speed access to clinical samples for proof-of-concept and validation studies. It lists 50 collections, each a study: examples read on 4 November 2026 include PROCORE (479 samples), Protect (1,000 samples from 900 donors), an NTRK collection (400 samples), Lateral Nodal Recurrence in Rectal Cancer (LaNoReC), STAR-TREC II, and sub-studies of the Prospective Dutch Colorectal Cancer cohort (PLCRC-ORCA, PLCRC-QUALITAS).","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Colorectal cancer research platform (Netherlands)","url":"https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/directory/"}],"tags":[],"related":["bbmri-eric"],"cancers":["colorectal"],"sections":[],"technologies":["biobanking"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Directory id bbmri-eric:ID:NL_CRC. Description, juridical person and collection counts read from the BBMRI-ERIC Directory GraphQL endpoint (https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/graphql) on 4 November 2026; counts are what the biobank reported to the directory, not an audit.","No website and no legal holder are given in the directory, so the record points to the directory."],"url":"https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/directory/","holds":"An overview of human colorectal cancer studies with samples in the Netherlands; the BBMRI-ERIC Directory lists 50 study collections, among them PLCRC sub-studies, STAR-TREC II and LaNoReC.","maintainer":"Not stated (the directory lists the juridical person as 'no information')"},"route":"/collections/nl-colorectal-cancer-research-platform/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"bbmri-eric","kind":"institution","name":"BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure)","route":"/institutions/bbmri-eric/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"}],"technology":[{"id":"biobanking","kind":"technology","name":"Biobanking and tissue procurement","route":"/technologies/biobanking/"}]}}