Tissue Procurement For Hematolymphoid Conditions
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue, blood, and body fluid from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing blood and tissue samples from patients being evaluated for hematologic cancer.
∙ DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• Diagnosis of abnormal hematopoietic/lymphoid cancer, including any of the following:
‣ Acute myeloid leukemia
⁃ Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
⁃ Chronic myelogenous leukemia
⁃ Chronic lymphoid leukemia
⁃ Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
⁃ Hodgkin lymphoma
⁃ Myelodysplastic syndromes
⁃ Myeloproliferative disorders
⁃ Multiple myeloma
⁃ Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
⁃ Aplastic anemia
⁃ Any other diseases that generate abnormalities in either number, function, or both of any cell type of hematolymphoid lineage
• Patients who are being evaluated at the hematology/oncology clinics of the University of North Carolina Hospitals, at the stem cell transplant clinic, or in the hospital
∙ PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• Not specified
∙ PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• Not specified