Clinical Trial: Telomere Biology in Early Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: Prospective Cohort Study of Telomere Biology Among Patients With Early Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

Brief Summary:

Early adenocarcinoma of the lung has an excellent five-year survival after resection. However, its clinical and radiologic presentation is highly variable. Traditional means for preoperative diagnosis such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT) and trans-thoracic needle biopsy demonstrate unacceptable false positive and negative rates.

Telomere biology is activated aberrantly is most lung cancers but has not been studied in early stages to the best of our knowledge.

The objective of this study is to evaluate telomere length and activity with suspected early stage adenocarcinoma of the lung.