Immunohistochemical & Immunoblot Analysis of NIS (Na+/I-Symporter) in Archival & Frozen Tissue Sample

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Thyroid Cancer; Stomach Neoplasms; Salivary Gland Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00568438

IRB-11005

BRSNSTU0011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to study NIS expression in benign and malignant breast and thyroid samples using archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections.

Full description

The objective of the study is to further understanding of proteins that occur in both normal cells and tumor cells and to learn more about certain diseases and potential alternative treatments for these diseases.

Enrollment: 169 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient must be over the age of 18.
2. Patients must have benign and malignant breast and thyroid cancer.
3. Patient mus sign consent form.

Exclusion criteria

1. No children will be allowed.