Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Lung Cancer

Mass General Brigham

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03029325

5P30CA006516-50 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1999P-004935

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators use a genome-wide approach within a case-control design to identify SNPs that show evidence of association with lung cancer risk and survival.

Full description

Investigators also investigate how genetic variants may affect cancer treatment, at various stages of disease development, in order to determine prognostic and predictive factors for survival.

Enrollment: 15,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy controls: participants without evidence of any cancer
• cases: pathology proven primary lung cancer

Exclusion criteria

• younger than 18 years old