Clinical Trial: Collecting and Storing Tissue From Young Patients With Cancer

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: Establishing Continuous Cell Lines and Xenografts From Pediatric Cancers for Biological and Pre-Clinical Therapeutic Studies

Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, blood, and bone marrow from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.

PURPOSE: This laboratory study is collecting and storing tissue, blood, and bone marrow samples from young patients with cancer.