Head and Neck Tumor Tissue Repository and Clinical Database
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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.
Description
OBJECTIVES: * Maintain and update a clinical database pertaining to diagnosis and treatment outcome of patients with head and neck cancer. * Develop a repository of biospecimens from these patients. OUTLINE: Tumor tissue samples and/or bronchial washings are collected from patients undergoing planned surgery and/or bronchoscopy, respectively. Buccal swabs and/or mouthwash samples and saliva samples are collected. Patients also undergo blood sample collection at baseline and then every 2-6 months thereafter. Healthy participants contribute blood samples, buccal swabs, and mouthwash samples a…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
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
Interventions
- Otherbiologic sample preservation procedure
- Othermedical chart review
Locations (4)
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool SpringsNashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at FranklinNashville, Tennessee
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - NashvilleNashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterNashville, Tennessee