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This study is looking at blood and tissue samples to find out about the that might cause inherited cancers and inherited non cancerous tumours.
It is open to people who have a or a non cancerous tumour (). A benign tumour is an overgrowth of cells that is not cancer.
This study is a part of the DONATION study. There are 2 parts:
DONATION-GenCaT
DONATION-TraNMet
You may be asked to join one or both of these.
This summary is about DONATION-GenCaT. We have another summary about DONATION-TraNMet.
Recruitment start: 2 June 2024
Recruitment end: 31 May 2027
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Professor Gareth Evans
Cancer Research UK
Department of Defence Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Manchester Academic Heath Science Centre
Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Prevent Breast Cancer
University of Manchester
For more information about the study, you can contact Dr Emma Woodward emmaroisin.woodward@manchester.ac.uk.
Last reviewed: 23 Apr 2026
CRUK internal database number: 20040
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