Care of the Urothelial Cancer Patient and Prospective Collection of Biospecimens From Healthy Volunteers and Urothelial Cancer Patients
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Summary
Background: Urothelial cancer is cancer of the bladder, ureter, and urethra. Researchers want to better understand what changes in a person s cells and genes cause this cancer to form. This may help them find new ways to treat it. Objective: \- To perform DNA sequencing to help researchers learn the differences between normal tissue and tumor tissue. Also, to learn how molecular changes - including gene changes - might help predict the course of disease and how people respond to therapy. Eligibility: \- Adults age 18 and older who have or are suspected of having urothelial cancer or an inherited disorder that raises their risk of getting bladder cancer. Design: * Participants will be screened with a physical exam. Their medical records and tissue samples will be reviewed. * Eligible participants will give tissue blocks of their original tumor. The blocks will be put in a tissue bank. * Participants medical records may be reviewed. * Participants may have a medical history and physical exam. * Participants may have blood and urine tests. They may have imaging scans. They may give urine, blood, and saliva samples. These samples may be used in future research. * If participants need surgery for their cancer, researchers will keep some of the tissue (both tumor and normal tissue). The tissue may be used in future research. * Participants will go back to the Clinical Center in 6 months. They may give saliva, urine, and blood samples. After 6 months, they will be seen by their local doctor for standard post-surgical visits. * Participants will be called every 6 months to give health updates.
Description
Background: * Urothelial carcinoma, present as lower or upper urinary tract disease, is the most expensive malignancy to treat from diagnosis to death, and no major advances in drug therapy have taken place in the last two decades. * Understanding the molecular mechanisms and genomic alterations that cause urothelial carcinoma will provide the foundation for the development of novel targeted therapeutic agents for this disease. Since 1982 investigators in the Urologic Oncology Branch have been studying the genetic basis of urologic cancers. The identification of the genes for cancer of the ki…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–120 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
* INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR UROTHELIAL CANCER PARTICIPANTS: * Adults (\>= 18 years of age) with biopsy-proven or suspected urothelial cancer who require and are willing to undergo diagnostic or therapeutic intervention as part of their diagnosis, standard of care treatment, or follow-up/surveillance for their neoplasm. * ECOG performance status of 0-3. * Must be willing and able to provide informed consent. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Subjects who are pregnant. * Subjects co-morbidities preclude diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. Co-morbidities include: --Ongoing treatment for another non-ski…
Location
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterBethesda, Maryland