Compare the clinical characteristics and post-surgical outcomes (overall survival)of pancreatic cancer patients of Ashkenazi descent with or without germline founder mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 . Compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes (time to progression) of breast cancer patients of Ashkenazi descent with or without germline founder mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 receiving paclitaxel chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
Compare the clinical characteristics and post-surgical outcomes (overall survival)of pancreatic cancer patients of Ashkenazi descent with or without germline founder mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 . Compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes (time to progression) of breast cancer patients of Ashkenazi descent with or without germline founder mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 receiving paclitaxel chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Samples for DNA extraction will be shaved from archival paraffin-embedded tissue blocks (using normal lymph node preferentially)and placed in appropriate receptacles labeled only with the subject unique study number. This material will be transported to the genotyping laboratory, where it will be stored until the clinical record abstraction is complete. Briefly, DNA will be extracted from the archive paraffin-embedded material using standard protocols and the samples will be analyzed for the presence of the Ashkenazi BRCA founder mutations using either PCR-based or gel-electrophoresis-based approaches.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
The overall objective of the protocol is to examine the hypothesis that hereditary cancers are distinct in clinical characteristics and outcome from those that arise in the absence of a known predisposition.
Time frame: 2 years
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