Collecting and Storing Tissue Samples From Women With or Without Breast Cancer

ConditionBreast Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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

4,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator