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Prostate Tissue BioBank

RECRUITINGSponsored by Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Actively Recruiting
SponsorAbramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Started2024-01-01
Est. completion2034-01
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
SexMALE
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

Prostate cancer is also the most common cancer in men with inherited pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Beyond BRCA1/2, other genes are known to increase the risk of prostate cancer, including ATM, TP53 and HOXB13. The investigators have shown that 5% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer localized to their prostate gland and up to 10-15% of patients with metastatic prostate cancer gland are carriers of an inherited gene mutation. The Prostate Tissue BioBank is a prospective study which aims to create a biorepository of prostate tissue samples from prostate biopsies and prostatectomies and matched germline DNA from pathogenic mutation carriers in addition to age-matched control samples. Our primary goal is to investigate prostate cancer development and treatment response in carriers of germline DNA repair mutations, as compared to non-carrier controls.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Sex: MALEHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

Carriers (Group 1):

1. Confirmed pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in a known prostate cancer risk gene.
2. Patients undergoing prostate biopsies as a part of their prostate cancer screening OR biopsy or prostatectomy due to a diagnosis of prostate cancer

Controls (Group 2):

1\. Patients undergoing prostate biopsies as a part of their prostate cancer screening OR biopsy or prostatectomy due to a diagnosis of prostate cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

* N/A

Conditions3

CancerGenetic PredispositionProstate Cancer

Locations1 site

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Kara N Maxwell, MD, PhD215-898-9698

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