This study is collecting and storing tissue samples from people with cancer who are receiving radiation therapy. They are also collecting samples from healthy people to compare them. The goal is to create a resource of tissue samples and a database of information that can be used in the future to study cancer. Researchers hope to understand how genetic differences might affect how well treatments work and to track how diseases progress and how treatments affect patients over time. This is an observational study, meaning you would not receive a new treatment, but your samples and information would help future research. You can join if you are at least 18 years old, have a cancer diagnosis, are planning to receive radiation therapy, and are a patient at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Study design

This is an observational study planning to include up to 10,000 participants.

What's involved

You may be asked to provide tissue samples (like blood, urine, or surgical waste) and answer questionnaires. Information from your medical records will also be collected.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants are followed up every 6 months for the first two years after treatment, and then yearly thereafter.

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