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Collection of Serum and Tissue Samples From Patients With Biopsy-Proved or Suspected Malignant Disease

National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NCT00026884

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 2+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
5950
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 12, 1998
Record last updated
October 26, 2026

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What the study is about

Selected individuals suspected of having or with prior biopsy proof of malignant disease will be seen in the Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI. Blood samples may be collected at the time of the initial visit and at periodic intervals during the course of the disease. These samples will be stored in the tissue bank of the Urologic Oncology Branch. Aliquots of malignant and normal tissue will be collected at the time of surgery and stored in the tissue bank, Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI. These materials will be used in the research efforts of the Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI.

Conditions: Malignant Neoplasms; Hereditary Neoplastic Syndromes; Kidney Cancer; Renal Cancer; Bladder Cancer

Eligibility criteria

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  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Individuals with biopsy-proven malignant disease
  • Individuals suspected of having a malignant disease
  • Individuals who have or are suspected of having an inherited genitourinary malignant disorder
  • Participants must be >= 2 years of age
  • A relative (related by blood) of an individual with a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of a malignant disease or an inherited genitourinary malignant disorder.
  • All participants and parents/guardians, for children younger than 18 years of age, must sign an informed consent document indicating their understanding of the investigational nature and the risks of this study before any protocol related studies are performed.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

-Individuals whose co-morbidities preclude surgical intervention.

Recruiting US locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Site contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact National Cancer Institute Referral Office · 888-624-1937

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Deborah A Nielsen, R.N. · (240) 760-6247 · deborah.nielsen@nih.gov
  • W. Marston Linehan, M.D. · (240) 858-3700 · linehanm@mail.nih.gov
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