Arizona Cancer Center Biospecimen Repository
University of Arizona
Summary
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue and blood from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing tumor, tissue, and blood samples from patients with pancreatic cancer.
Description
OBJECTIVES: * Provide cancer investigators access to a wide variety of tissues and biospecimens for translational studies in cancer. * Collect and preserve tissue from the primary organ site (uninvolved and involved with cancer), from the metastases, from patient blood (serum and lymphocytes), and from patient urine. * Provide quality-controlled storage and management of the specimen bank. * Collect relevant clinical and pathologic information with appropriate privacy protection. * Contribute to the development of a comprehensive database annotated with relevant clinical data, pathology, and…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Patient who is seen at the Arizona Cancer Center or University Medical Center and will undergo any surgery or procedure for cancer PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * NA PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * NA As this is a biospecimen repository, participation is open to all cancer patients being treated at the Arizona Cancer Center or University Medical Center by investigators on this protocol.
Interventions
- Otherbiologic sample preservation procedure
biologic sample preservation procedure
Location
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences CenterTucson, Arizona