Storage and Research Use of Human Bio-specimens From Melanoma Patients and Clinical Testing for Assignment of Treatment

Inclusion criteria - Pathologically-proven diagnosis of melanoma. - Patient must have a test or procedure that has the potential to provide left-over tissue that can be banked for future research purposes OR the patient has already had a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure but who has not yet been approached to participate is also eligible. Exclusion criteria - Any patient with significant contraindications to venipuncture (e.g., severe anemia) will be excluded from blood collection procedures. However, if the patient provides consent and a paraffin-embedded block or 10-15 unstained slides of their tissue diagnosis, they will not be excluded from this protocol. - Any patient unable or unwilling to provide consent. Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.