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Collecting Tissue Samples From Patients With Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy and Healthy Participants

Tissue Procurement and Outcome Collection for Radiotherapy Treated Patients and Healthy Participants

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Pathologically-proven diagnosis of malignancy
* Planning treatment with radiation therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Able to perform follow-up visits
* Is a patient of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center physicians

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Participation in other clinical trials is allowed
* Other prior or concurrent therapy for cancer, such as surgery and/or chemotherapy, is allowed.

Criteria for eligibility:

* Able to provide written informed consent
* Age greater than 18 years old
* Males and Females are eligible
* Any ethnicity is eligible

Criteria for ineligibility:

-Patients not available for follow-up/future contact

About the study

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This research study is collecting tissue samples from patients with cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Healthy participants will also be allowed on the trial so their samples can be used in comparison to patients with malignancy

What is being tested

• biologic sample preservation procedure (other)
• medical chart review (other)
• questionnaire administration (other)

Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Participants: 10,000 · Started: 2009-09

Contact the study team

• Suprabha Pulipparacharuvil · Phone: 214-645-8525

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00992303

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.