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Tissue Sample Collection From Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and From Healthy Participants
Head and Neck Tumor Tissue Repository and Clinical Database
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full 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
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- biologic sample preservation procedure (other)
- medical chart review (other)
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Participants: 8,000 · Started: Feb 13, 2003
Contact the study team
- Brandee Brown · Phone: 615-936-4896
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00898638
Locations in the U.S.
Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Olfactory Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Salivary Gland Cancer
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.