Tissue Acquisition for Molecular Diagnostics

Tissue Acquisition for Molecular Diagnostics

Acquisition of fresh tumor and normal tissue samples are necessary for the preparation of cDNA libraries, microarray chips, and tissue specific probes, and proteomics development and validation. This protocol will allow acquisition of samples at the time of tissue sampling for surgery, diagnostic tests, or therapeutic phereses. These samples will be forwarded without patient identifiers, pathology reports, or other labels. Tissue pathology will be verified within the Laboratory of Pathology and samples used strictly for CGAP and Proteomic Initiative indications.

Acquisition of fresh tumor and normal tissue samples is necessary for the preparation of cDNA libraries, microarray chips, tissue specific probes, and proteomics development and validation. This protocol will allow acquisition of patient samples at the time of tissue sampling for surgery, diagnostic tests, or therapeutic phereses. These samples will be forwarded without patient identifiers, pathology reports, or other labels. Tissue pathology will be verified within the Laboratory of Pathology and samples used strictly for CGAP and Proteomic Initiative indications.

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

All patients willing to sign the informed consent for whom tissue, blood or body fluids will be available are eligible.

Histopathologic diagnosis will be confirmed in the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute and is not a criteria for inclusion.