Biospecimen Resource for Familial Pancreas Research, a Data and Tissue Registry (Also Known as a Bio-repository, Bio-bank, Data and Tissue Database, Data and Tissue Bank, Etc.) to Help Advance Research in Familial Pancreas Disease
Status: Active_not_recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of blood and tissue from family members of patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is collecting blood and tissue samples from family members of patients with pancreatic disease, pancreatic cancer, and melanoma.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 120
Healthy Volunteers: t
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∙ DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• Meets 1 of the following criteria:
‣ Has at least 2 blood relatives with pancreatic cancer (both must be related)
⁃ Has at least 1 blood relative with pancreatic cancer and 1 with melanoma (both must be related)
∙ PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• Mentally competent and able to provide informed consent
• Able to understand and read English
∙ PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• Not specified
Locations
United States
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester
Time Frame
Start Date: 2002-08-01
Completion Date: 2026-09-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 1122
Authors
Gloria M. Petersen
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Mayo Clinic
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)