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Head and Neck Cancer Samples and Data

Sample Collection

The King’s Health Partners Head and Neck Biobank sample collection includes tissue following resection and/or biopsy stored either as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded or frozen samples.  Blood samples are also collected and stored in the following derivatives: whole blood, PBMCs, serum, and plasma as well as saliva. 

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Data collection

Associated pathological data and patient demographic, clinical and follow-up information from patients with a variety of head and neck cancer types are also collected with the aim of providing to researchers to better understand head and neck cancer and to develop new treatments.  The following can be provided: 

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  • Demographic data: Age at diagnosis, gender, ethnicity, family history.

  • Clinical data: Stage, treatment types and duration.

  • Pathological data: Tumour size, type and grade.

  • Follow-up data: Time to local and distant recurrence, distant recurrence site, time to last seen in clinic, time to and cause of death.​​

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