Taiwan Biobank is a biomedical research database investigating the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors contributing to common diseases in the Taiwanese population. The study recruits participants aged 20-70 years, with no prior cancer diagnosis and of Taiwanese nationality, from across Taiwan. The biobank consists of community-based and hospital-based cohorts, with the community-based cohort primarily including healthy individuals and the hospital-based cohort including patients with specific diseases. At inception in 2012, 20,000 participants were included in the biobank; since then, the biobank has expanded to include a total of 200,000 participants to enhance the diversity and robustness of the data. Follow-ups are conducted every 2-4 years, with plans to monitor participants for up to 30 years.

Recruitment is ongoing