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A study looking at testing all Ashkenazi Jewish people for a cancer gene (GCaPPS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Ovarian cancer, Prostate cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study looked at the possibility of offering gene testing to all Ashkenazi Jewish people in London. The aim of the GCaPPS research study was to find the best method of screening for risk of inherited (familial) cancer. It compared the current system of testing only those with a strong family history of cancer with the new option of testing everyone (population testing).

Recruitment start: 1 November 2008

Recruitment end: 31 August 2010

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Ian Jacobs Dr Ranjit Manchanda

Supported by

The Eve Appeal

Academic Study Group on Israel & the Middle East

Agudas Israel Housing Association

Institute for Womens Health University College London (UCL)

Jewish Care

Liberal Judaism

Norwood

Ovacome

Reform Judaism

Last reviewed: 15 April 2015

CRUK internal database number: 6489

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