MCL Identifiers
- Patient number is a unique numerical identifier, assigned by the site for each patient. The patient number may be used only once.
- Specimen number is a unique numerical identifier assigned by the site for each specimen or specimen derivative. The specimen number may be use donly once.
- Specimen_parent_id points ot the specimen from which the derivatives are made.
- Adjacent_specimen_id is the MCL specimen_id of adjacent biospecimens cut from the same sample. There may be multiple adjacent_specimen_id values relating to one specimen_id.
Participant Identifier
To identify a patient for data submitted to the MCL data archive, you will need:
- Your Site ID - see MCL Site IDs
- Unique integer (3 digits) assigned to each participant
The format for the participant identifier is:
<MCL><Site ID>_<participant number>
Example:
MCL82_001 where the MCL study is indicated, Johns Hopkins = site 82, and participant = 001
For three participants from Johns Hopkins:
MCL82_001
MCL82_002
MCL82_003
Biospecimen Identifier
To identify a biospecimen associated with a participant and data submitted to the MCL data archive, you will need:
- Participant identifier, as formatted above
- Specimen type, where 1 = tissue, 2= blood, 3=DNA and 4=RNA (more types to be coded as needed)
- Unique integer (four digits) assigned to each biospecimen
The format for the participant identifier is:
<MCL participant ID>_<specimen type><specimen number>
Example:
MCL82_001_10001 where the MCL study is indicated, Johns Hopkins = site 82, participant = 001, specimen type is 1 (tissue), and the unique specimen identifier is 0001.
For three biospecimens from Johns Hopkins, patient MCL82_001:
MCL82_001_10001
MCL82_001_10002
MCL82_001_10003