Molecular Epidemiology of Biliary Tree Cancers

Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To identify significant factors that may contribute to the etiology of biliary tree cancer.

II. To identify novel genetic loci that predispose to gallbladder cancers (GBC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CGC) diagnosis.

EXPLORATORY AND CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

I. To use the collected blood and tissue materials for exploratory analysis to identify markers that predict prognosis of biliary tree cancers.

II. To correlate the identified markers with results of specific aim I and II to test the interaction between the identified markers with environmental and genetic factors.

OUTLINE:

Participants complete a questionnaire over 20 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood and leftover tissue samples.