Blood Sample Collection and Health Information Collection From Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer and Their Brothers and Sisters



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Breast Cancer, Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/2/2016
Start Date:January 2001

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RATIONALE: Collecting blood samples and health information from patients with invasive
breast cancer and from their brothers and sisters over time may help the study of cancer in
the future.

PURPOSE: This study is collecting blood samples and health information over time from
patients with invasive breast cancer and from their brothers and sisters.

OBJECTIVES:

- Collect blood samples and medical and background information from patients with
invasive breast cancer and their affected or unaffected siblings.

OUTLINE: Patients and their siblings undergo blood collection. They also complete medical
and background questionnaires.

Patients and their siblings are followed annually for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 1,000 patients and siblings will be accrued for this study.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Meets 1 of the following criteria:

- Pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer (patient)

- No ductal carcinoma in situ

- Affected OR unaffected sibling

- Affected sibling must have had (or currently has) breast cancer only

- Unaffected sibling must be female

- No deceased siblings

- Must be a full-blood related sibling

- Patients receiving treatment on clinical trial ECOG-E1Y97 or ECOG-E3Y92 are not
eligible

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- Not specified
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