Genetic Risk of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) in Patients With Metastatic Cancer: Concordance Study

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center149 enrolled

Overview

This study will examine genes in three different tissues and look for similarities and differences between normal cells and cancer cells. The tissues to be studies come from blood, lymph node and cancer.

Subjects will be given an informed consent to read and sign The medical chart will be reviewed for diagnosis and treatment history Blood (about 4 tablespoons) will be drawn at a clinically available time. The lymph node and breast tumor tissue in the University of Michigan pathology repository will be used for research purposes

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

149

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age at least 18 years of age * Able to read and sign the informed consent * Able to provide specimens: one blood draw for white blood cells, provide permission to use tissue already collected.

Locations (1)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Determine single nucleotide polymorphism concordances between the three DNA specimen sources

Time frame: time-independent

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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