Tissue Sample Collection From Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and From Healthy Participants
Recruiting
Observational Study
Head and Neck Cancer
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 8,000 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Other
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About This Trial
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.
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Eligibility Criteria
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
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