NCT00919750
Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors
COMPLETED
NCT00919750
OBSERVATIONAL
A Children's Oncology Group Protocol for Collecting and Banking Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Specimens
The purpose of this study is to collect and store brain tissue samples and blood from children with brain cancer that will be tested in the laboratory. Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of brain tumor
* Previously treated at a Children?s Oncology Group (COG) institution
* Patients are eligible at time of diagnosis, second-look surgery, recurrence, or development of a second malignant neoplasm
* Must have brain tumor biological specimens derived from primary tumors of the CNS available for submission
Childhood Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor
Childhood Cerebral Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
Childhood Choroid Plexus Neoplasm
Childhood Craniopharyngioma
Childhood Grade I Meningioma
Childhood Grade II Meningioma
Childhood Grade III Meningioma
Childhood Infratentorial Ependymoma
Childhood Oligodendroglioma
Childhood Supratentorial Ependymoma
Ependymoma
Newly Diagnosed Childhood Ependymoma
Recurrent Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Recurrent Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
Recurrent Childhood Ependymoma
Recurrent Childhood Medulloblastoma
Recurrent Childhood Supratentorial Embryonal Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified
Recurrent Childhood Visual Pathway Glioma
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- Type: OTHER
- Name: Cytology Specimen Collection Procedure
- Description: Correlative studies
- Arm Group Labels: Ancillary-Correlative (tissue and blood sample collection)
- Children's Oncology Group