Clinical Trial: Stool Testing for Pancreatic Cancer

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: Detection of Pancreatic Cancer and Pre-cancer by Stool DNA Testing: A Feasibility Study

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine if pancreatic cancer/pre-cancer can be detected in early stages through the molecular analysis of stool samples. Investigators hypothesize that analysis of stool samples using digital melt curve (DMC) analysis, can be used as a sensitive and specific method to detect the common genetic abnormalities present in pancreatic cancers and pre-cancerous lesions of the pancreas.