Clinical trials: Head or Neck Cancer
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Natural History Study of Children and Adults With Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Background: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare cancer of the thyroid gland. In children and adults, it is often part of a condition called Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2 (MEN2).
- Trial name
- NCT01660984
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Oral Epithelial Dysplasia, Mild or Moderate Grade
Methylation of p16 CpG Island And Malignant Transformation of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia
Oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) is one of the common precancerous lesions among Chinese adults. Biomarker is not available for detection of malignant potential of OED till now.
- Trial name
- NCT00835341
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Head and Neck Cancer
Biomarkers in Predicting Response to Treatment in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage III or Stage IV Head and Neck Cancer Treated With Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Radiation Therapy
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00898430
- Testing
- DNA Microarray analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, DNA microarray and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center