Method Development and Assessment of the Effects of Tobacco Products on Oral Cavity Cells

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Conditions studied: Squamous Cell Carcinoma

In brief

Collection of tissues for analysis from patients undergoing elective neck dissection. The hypothesis of the study is that specific genetic alterations occur in head and neck cancers that have spread to regional and/or distant sites, and these alterations can be identified from biopsy specimens to allow more accurate staging of tumor and better treatment planning.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01484769

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

0

Starts

2005-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-10

Who can join

Age: 7 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients with biochemical evidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients without biomedical evidence of squamous cell carcinoma.

Where it is running

• Kosair Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Norton Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• University of Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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