Environmental Pollutants and the Risk of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Pilot Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Soft Tissue Sarcoma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a large hospital based case control study of the role of dioxins and dioxinlike polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00611078

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

56

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-01-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with Soft tissue sarcoma at MSKCC are eligible for this study if they meet the following criteria:
• Between 18 and 79 years of age
• were diagnosed within the previous 6 months with primary soft tissue sarcoma of one of the following histologic subtypes: liposarcoma, leiomyoscaroma, MFH, or synovial sarcoma
• are enrolled in protocol 02-060 ("Novel Biochemical and Molecularr Determinants for Soft Tissue Sarcoma"; PI, Dr. Samuel Singer)
• controls will be eligibile for this study if they meet the following criteria
• are b/w 18-79 years of age
• have no prior history of cancer (other than non melanoma skin cancer)

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals will be excluded if they
• are unable to sign informed consent for medical or other reasons
• do not speak english

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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