Advanced Tumor Bank Project
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue or blood from patients with cancer for study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing blood and tissue samples from patients with suspected solid tumors.
Description
OBJECTIVES: * To provide a tissue and cell repository to be used by Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center (WFUCCC) investigators. * To provide specialized research pathology services to these investigators. OUTLINE: Tumor and normal tissue in the resected specimen (when possible) are harvested and collected from patients undergoing planned surgery or biopsy. Additionally, any normal tissue and/or fluid removed in the course of the operation (e.g., cerebrospinal fluid during brain tumor resection) may also be stored for use in analyzing changes from normal tissue to cancerous tis…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–120 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Signed protocol specific informed consent prior to registration/randomization. * Clinically suspected solid tumor AND scheduled for surgical resection and/or biopsy
Interventions
- Otherbiologic sample preservation procedure
- Othermedical chart review
Location
- Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer CenterWinston-Salem, North Carolina