RecruitingNot Applicable

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

United States8,000 participantsStarted 2003-02-13

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Meets 1 of the following criteria: * Diagnosis of head and neck cancer * Being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the cancer * Healthy participant PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified

What they're measuring

Maintenance of a clinical database pertaining to diagnosis and treatment outcome of patients with head and neck cancer

Timeframe: ongoing

Development of a repository of biospecimens

Timeframe: ongoing

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00898638

SponsorVanderbilt University Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2050-12

Contact for this trial

Brandee Brown

615-936-4896 brandee.t.brown@vumc.org

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