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Certain psychological and social factors may increase the risk of developing chronic pain after surgery. Evaluating these factors over time in patients who have undergone surgery for breast cancer may help doctors plan treatment and improve patients' quality of life. This clinic…

Feasibility of pragmatic concomitant chemo-radiotherapy association with 1 cycle of Induction chemotherapy, weekly chemo-radiotherapy, and consolidation chemotherapy.

The purpose of this study is to place past, current, and future medical record information into the UPMC Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease Research Registry.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a socio-aesthetic intervention on body image and quality of life in post-surgical patients with mastectomy or tumorectomy for breast cancer.Two groups of randomized subjects were constituted. Patients of the experimental group re…

This study collects specimens from volunteers for use in studies by NIAID's Vaccine Research Center. A number of different types of specimens or samples can be collected, including blood, urine, body fluids or secretions, skin swabs, or skin biopsies. The samples are used for med…

Background: \- National Institute on Aging researchers are looking at studies that require large numbers of white blood cells for lab use. Standard blood samples do not provide enough white blood cells for these studies. Researchers want to use cytapheresis to collect white bloo…

The purpose of this study is to obtain informed consent to use stored human biological materials (HBM) (e.g., blood and other tissues) for future studies that may include genetic testing.

The purpose is to obtain reference values of respiratory resistance (a technique widely used in children), in adults. The interest is that this technique needs only little co-operation and would be particularly adapted in subjects in whom co-operation is insufficient for other me…

The aim of this study is to compare two different preparation

A study that included patients of any gender between 15 and 70 years, with the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis who required a cholecystectomy with an exploration of bile ducts. Conventional cholecystectomy was performed and a T-tube was inserted in the common bile duct (CBD) to …

This protocol is designed to provide a mechanism for the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center to collect and process blood components from paid, healthy volunteer donors for distribution to NIH intramural investigators and FDA researchers for in vitro laboratory us…

The objective of this study is to utilize high-frequency brain signals (HFBS) to localize functional brain areas and characterize HFBS in epilepsy, migraine, and other brain disorders. Our goal is to create the world's first high-frequency MEG/EEG/ECoG/SEEG database for the devel…

Background -NCI-Frederick scientists performing in vitro studies involving human specimens have a need for a reliable and consistent source of samples which protects the donor from research risks. Objective -The purpose of this protocol is to establish a centralized repository…

Background: -This protocol is concerned with the acquisition of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin diseases to support the basic science and clinical research activities of the Dermatology Branch and other intramural Laboratori…

This study allows the evaluation of subjects in order to determine their ability to safely participate in other active research studies. After subjects complete the screening process, they will be offered the opportunity to participate in an active research study, or if no appro…

This protocol is a screening and natural history protocol, which allows for evaluation of patients and families where neurological conditions are present for enrollment into other studies and will also be used to screen healthy volunteers to create a pool of potential future HV…

This study will collect blood plasma and white blood cells from individuals using a procedure called apheresis. Apheresis is a method of collecting larger quantities of certain blood components that can safely be collected through a simple blood draw. The blood components will be…

This protocol is being established to cover the evaluation of patients with inflammatory and/or infectious diseases which are not covered under previously existing protocols. The purpose of such a protocol is that frequently patients are referred to us with either diagnosed or un…