The primary objective of this study is to obtain de-identified, clinically characterized, whole blood specimens to evaluate biomarkers associated with cancer for diagnostic assay development.
Subjects will have been recently diagnosed with untreated melanoma. Subjects will have a blood sample collected at enrollment and provide medical history prior to initiation of treatment. There will be no further follow-up.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
348
Subjects participating in the study will have blood drawn at enrollment.
Blood-based biomarkers associated with genetic and epigenetic alterations.
Biomarkers under evaluation include differential methylation of nucleic acids and altered expression of proteins in blood from subjects with melanoma at the pre-intervention stage.
Time frame: Point in time blood collection (1 day) at enrollment
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