UNIFY is a Yale-wide liquid biopsy master repository that prospectively collects Streck-tube blood, dried blood spots (and optional archival tissue) from Yale Cancer Center patients across all tumor types for current and future research.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
2,500
Smilow Cancer Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
RECRUITINGCollection and annotation of biospecimens
Facilitate and streamline the collection, banking, and clinical annotation of liquid biopsy biospecimens (peripheral blood collected in Streck Cell-Free DNA BCT® tubes or blood spots) - and, optionally, corresponding archival tumor specimens - for cancer research studies across Yale Cancer Center and the Smilow Cancer Hospital network.
Time frame: Through study completion, up to 5 years
Establish a repository
Establish a repository of clinically annotated liquid biopsy biospecimens (and optional archival tumor specimens) for current and future research.
Time frame: Through study completion, up to 5 years
Collection of blood for additional methods
Facilitate the collection of blood for additional methods of scientific analysis in parallel with cfNA analysis.
Time frame: Through study completion, up to 5 years
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