
"I am glad that taking part in a trial might help others on their own cancer journey.”
Please note - this trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.
This study is looking at the genetics of skin cancers of the eyelid.
The researchers want to collect tissue samples of skin cancers of the eyelid. They will look at the in the cells of the tissue samples to find out
Taking part in the study will not affect your treatment and may not help you directly. The information from this study may in the future help people with cancer of the eyelid.
You may be able to join this study if you are at least 18 years old and have one of the following types of skin cancer on or near your eyelid
You cannot join this study if you have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy to treat your skin cancer of the eyelid.
The researchers need 79 to join this study.
The researchers will ask for a sample of your cancer that was removed when you had surgery or a . They will also ask for a blood sample.
They may ask you for more information about your cancer and more tissue samples of your cancer in the future. You don’t have to agree to this, you can still take part in the main study.
There may be an extra visit to the hospital if you agree to give more information or tissue samples of your cancer.
You may feel some discomfort or have some bruising from where they take the blood sample.
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Dr John Bladen
Fight for Sight (British Eye Research Foundation)
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
Queen Mary University of London
Freephone 0808 800 4040
"I am glad that taking part in a trial might help others on their own cancer journey.”