Study of Blood and Cheek Cell Samples From Patients With Glioma
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
About this trial
This is an observational trial for Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors focused on measuring adult anaplastic astrocytoma, adult diffuse astrocytoma, adult pilocytic astrocytoma, adult subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, adult anaplastic ependymoma, adult ependymoma, adult myxopapillary ependymoma, adult subependymoma, adult anaplastic oligodendroglioma, adult oligodendroglioma, adult brain stem glioma, adult giant cell glioblastoma, adult glioblastoma, recurrent adult brain tumor, adult gliosarcoma, adult mixed glioma, adult pineal gland astrocytoma, adult ependymoblastoma, adult medulloblastoma, adult supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), adult pineoblastoma, adult pineocytoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of glioma
Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- Participant in the Survival study of San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study (SFBAAGS) Series 1 and 2
- Treated by UCSF Neuro-Oncology Service; diagnosed between Nov. 1, 2001 and June 30, 2006 and seen between Aug. 1, 2002 and June 30, 2006
- Participant in SFBAAGS Series 3 (not seen at UCSF Neuro-Oncology Service) diagnosed between Nov. 1, 2001 and Oct. 31, 2004
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
Sites / Locations
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center