Kidney Cancer DNA Registry

RECRUITINGSponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Actively Recruiting

SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Started2014-03

Est. completion2026-03

Eligibility

Age18 Years+

Healthy vol.Accepted

Locations7 sites

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NCT02087852

Summary

This registry will help us develop better methods of: * Preventing these cancers * Diagnosing these cancers * Treating these cancers

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Kidney Cancer Case Cohort:

* Must be ≥ 18 years of age AND
* Must be an English-speaker AND
* Must have a diagnosis or suspicion of kidney cancer

Family Member Cohort:

* Must be ≥ 18 years of age AND
* Must be an English-speaker AND
* Must be a blood relative of the proband. Family members of probands including mother, father, sisters, brothers, half-sisters, half-brothers, daughters, sons, grandmothers, grandfathers, as well as aunts and uncles are eligible. These individuals need not have kidney cancer, as they will be used for segregation analysis of suspected variants found in the proband; requesting DNA from relatives is required.

Control Cohort:

* Must be ≥ 18 years of age AND
* Must be an English-speaker AND
* Must not have a personal history of cancer, with the exception of nonmelanoma skin cancer, AND
* Must not be a blood relative of any cases or controls enrolled in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who, in the opinion of the primary MSKCC clinician or the investigator, have a condition that precludes their ability to provide an informed consent

Conditions2

CancerRenal Cancer