Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * Have or are undergoing work-up for hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic carcinoma (such as hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma) * Scheduled for an image-guided percutaneous or trans-jugular biopsy of a lesion * Must be able to provide a written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unable to hold reasonably still on a procedure table or hold their breath during imaging or needle passes * Patients with a gross body weight over 375 pounds (upper limit of the CT and angiography tables) * Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy * Platelet count \< 30,000/ul * International Normalized (INR) \> 1.5 * Patients with moderate to severe ascites who cannot undergo trans-jugular biopsy or sufficient drainage * No clear reachable target for percutaneous or trans-jugular biopsy * Patient who cannot have a peripheral blood draw for ctDNA