Carolina Senior: UNC Registry for Older Cancer Patients
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (7) locations...
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
RATIONALE: Gathering information about older patients with cancer may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is gathering information from older patients with cancer into a registry.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• Patients must have an appointment at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital and agree to complete the Geriatric Assessment NOTE: Not all patients included in the registry will ultimately be diagnosed with cancer. Patients who complete a GA and are not diagnosed with cancer will remain in the database, but will be categorized into a separate group and will not have their medical records accessed.
⁃ PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• Able to read and speak English
⁃ PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• Not specified
Locations
United States
North Carolina
Seby B. Jones Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Boone
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
RECRUITING
Chapel Hill
East Carolina University
RECRUITING
Greenville
Pardee Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Hendersonville
Carteret Health Care Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Morehead City
Carolina East Radiology
RECRUITING
New Bern
Rex Healthcare
RECRUITING
Raleigh
Contact Information
Primary
Kirsten A Nyrop, PhD
knyrop@med.unc.edu
(919) 962-5139
Time Frame
Start Date: 2009-09
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 3000
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)