Breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patient has an elevated risk to develop breast cancer on the basis of her family history for the disease - Patient has been tested for DNA mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 - If patient is known with breast cancer, she has at least two first- or second degree relatives with breast cancer - If patient has no personal history of breast cancer, she has at least three first- or second-degree relatives with breast cancer - Families are elible for inclusion if at least two breast cancer patients are alive at the time of ascertainment to donate blood and/or a skin biopsy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals younger than 18 2. Individuals with mental illnesses
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. A rare high-risk mutation in a gene that is associated with breast cancer, of relevance to the individual. 2. A common low-risk SNP-variation in a gene that is associated with breast cancer, of relevance to the familial breast cancer group as a whole. 3. A genetic profile that occurs more often among affected family members than among controls (sporadic patients or healthy subjects). 4. An association between the result of a functional assay on cell material of study participants and disease status, at the individual or familial level. 5. A gene expression profile in cell material of study participants that is associated with disease status, at the individual or familial level. 6. A proteomics profile in cell or serum material of study participants that is associated with disease status, at the individual or familial level. | — |
Countries
Netherlands