RecruitingNCT00301119

Lung Cancer Biomarkers and Screening

NYU Lung Cancer Biomarker Center


Sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Enrollment

10,850 participants

Start Date

May 1, 2000

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

RATIONALE: Screening tests that use biomarkers may help doctors find tumor cells early and plan effective treatment for lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying biomarkers in screening participants for lung cancer.


Eligibility

Min Age: 50 Years

Inclusion Criteria15

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Screening Cohort
  • At high- or low-risk for lung cancer
  • Smoking history ≥ 20 pack years\*
  • With or without workplace exposure to asbestos
  • NOTE: \* Participants with \< 20 pack years of smoking are eligible if 50 years of age or older
  • Rule-Out Lung cancer group
  • Referred for evaluation of suspicious nodules with 1 of the following diagnoses:
  • Lung cancer
  • Nonmalignant nodules (control group)
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Not pregnant
  • No prior malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Not specified

Locations(1)

NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

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