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Study of Ductal Lavage in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

NCT00429988 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2012-09-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Collecting samples of fluid using ductal lavage and nipple aspiration from participants at high risk for breast cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is using ductal lavage to collect fluid from women at high risk for breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

GENETIC

fluorescence in situ hybridization

GENETIC

polymerase chain reaction

GENETIC

proteomic profiling

OTHER

cytology specimen collection procedure

OTHER

immunohistochemistry staining method

PROCEDURE

breast duct lavage

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-08-31
Primary Completion
2004-06-30
Completion
2004-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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