Germline Mutations in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and a Family History of Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Studying gene mutations in samples of DNA from patients with head and neck cancer and a family history of cancer may help doctors learn more about the development of cancer in families. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying germline mutations in patients with head and neck cancer and a family history of cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00482872

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

400

Starts

2004-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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