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Mammography, Early Detection Biomarkers, Risk Assessment, and Imaging Technologies, MERIT Study

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · with National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NCT03408353

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 25–80 · Women only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
10000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 15, 2017
Record last updated
August 11, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and clinical information from women undergoing routine screening mammograms. Creating a bank of blood samples and a database of clinical and risk information may be used in future research related to breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health.

Being studied: Biospecimen Collection; Mammography; Questionnaire Administration

Conditions: Breast Carcinoma

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Willingness to participate in the study and ability to provide informed consent
  • Willingness to complete a questionnaire and to provide a blood sample at the initial visit and at follow up annual visits
  • Undergoing a screening mammogram at participating sites. Subjects undergoing routine annual diagnostic mammograms or CEM as part of a screening study are also eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Current or recent (within the prior 6 months) history of breast feeding
  • Personal history of breast cancer (ductal breast carcinoma in situ [DCIS] or invasive breast cancer)
  • Personal history of any other cancer (excluding in-situ, stage 0, and non-melanoma skin cancers and other pre-cancerous conditions) treated within the last 5 years.

Recruiting US locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Jessica W. Leung · 713-745-4555 · jwleung@mdanderson.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Jessica Leung · 713-745-4555 · jwleung@mdanderson.org
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