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Collecting and Analyzing Tissue Samples From Patients Undergoing Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

RECRUITINGSponsored by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Actively Recruiting
SponsorVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Started2001-05
Est. completion2031-05-31
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 120 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations3 sites
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NCT00897117

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in RNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and analyzing lung tissue samples from patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 120 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer

  * Clinical stage I and II disease
  * Resectable disease and complete surgical resection planned
* Treated on companion studies at Vanderbilt University, the Veterans Administration hospital, St. Thomas, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Affiliate Network
* Tumor specimen samples must be available at resection

Exclusion criteria

* Chemotherapy before surgery
* Radiotherapy before surgery

Conditions2

CancerLung Cancer

Locations3 sites

Dan Rudy Cancer Center at Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee, 37205
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838
Clinical Trials Office - Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center800-811-8480

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