Studying Fibroblast Activity in Patients With Localized Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is assessing fibroblast activity in patients with localized pancreatic cancer undergoing surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00900016

Run by

Fox Chase Cancer Center

People needed

37

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-23

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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