Family study aims to unlock secrets of rare gut cancer

NCT ID NCT00646022

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 29 times

Summary

This study looks at families with a history of small bowel carcinoid cancer to understand how the disease develops and spreads. Researchers will follow up to 1,600 people, including those with the disease and their healthy relatives, using advanced imaging and blood tests every three years. The goal is to improve early detection and find the genes that may cause these slow-growing tumors.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    RECRUITING

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

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