RecruitingNCT00898638

Tissue Sample Collection From Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and From Healthy Participants

Head and Neck Tumor Tissue Repository and Clinical Database


Sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Enrollment

8,000 participants

Start Date

Feb 13, 2003

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, saliva, and blood from patients with cancer and from healthy participants to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing tissue samples from patients with head and neck cancer and from healthy participants.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is collecting tissue samples and clinical information from patients with head and neck cancer (or healthy volunteers) to help researchers understand the biology of these cancers and improve treatments. **You may be eligible if...** - You have been diagnosed with head and neck cancer, OR - You are being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a cancer, OR - You are a healthy volunteer **You may NOT be eligible if...** - There are no specific exclusion criteria listed for this study Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERbiologic sample preservation procedure
OTHERmedical chart review

Locations(4)

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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