Details

Details

Title Evaluating the Microbiome of Long-Term Childhood Cancer Survivors and the Relationship to Metabolic Syndrome

IRB CASE4Z18

CC 18-357

Hospital Main Campus

Disease All Cancer Types, All Cancer Types

Description

Description

  • Identify clinically significant perturbations in the microbiome.
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Must be 5-40 years of age
  • Survivors of Childhood Cancer who received chemotherapy or radiotherapy, with therapy completed ≥ 3 years prior to visit, or healthy control subject
  • Subjects must be willing and able to have blood and fecal samples collected
  • Subjects must be willing to have anthropomorphic measurements obtained
Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Childhood cancer survivors who did not receive chemotherapy or radiation
  • Patients receiving neo-adjuvant therapy for prostate cancer prior to surgery
  • Patients who have taken laxatives within the previous 7 days
  • Patients who have taken antibiotics within the previous 6 months
  • Patients who are not presently in remission
  • Patients who refuse or are unable to sign informed consent form