Correlation of Molecular Markers With Response to Therapy and Breast Cancer Behavior

ConditionBreast Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

About this trial

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help doctors predict how patients will respond to treatment.

PURPOSE: This research study is looking at tissue and blood samples from women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

biologic sample preservation procedure
laboratory biomarker analysis
biopsy

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov