Radiation aftermath: 700 cancer patients tracked for decades
NCT ID NCT00026650
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 19 times
Summary
This study follows about 700 cancer patients who have already received radiation therapy to understand the long-term side effects and how their disease progresses over time. No new treatments are given—researchers simply collect data from routine follow-up visits. The goal is to learn more about the late effects of radiation and the natural history of cancer.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 700 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2000
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who received radiation
- Ages
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18 to 120 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: ROB investigator deems that it is in the best interests of the participant and the NCI/ROB for the participant to be seen in follow-up in the ROB clinic. Participant is able to provide informed consent. Participant must have a primary physician in the community to whom records and appropriate follow-up management can be given. Social services will be enlisted for any participants who lack health insurance, etc. Participants who have received radiotherapy. Age greater than or equal to 18 years of age EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Participants who are on an interventional research protocol at NIH at the time of enrollment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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