About this trial
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, blood, and urine from patients with or without breast cancer to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer.
PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing tissue samples from women with or without breast cancer.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Breast lesion which is suspected to be cancer or a known diagnosis of breast cancer (any stage, at any point in the disease trajectory) who agrees to donate tissue/body fluids.
Individuals of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this trial. There is no restriction regarding age, race, or ethnicity. The trial is open to the accrual of men and women.
Must sign informed consent for study of tumor specimens as part of a research project.
Must give permission for their tumor specimens to be obtained from outside institutions for molecular analyses.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- biologic sample preservation procedure
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator