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Examination of Clinical and Laboratory Abnormalities in Patients With Defective DNA Repair: Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne Syndrome, or Trichothiodystrophy
Four rare genetic diseases, xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne syndrome (CS), the XP/CS complex and trichothiodystrophy (TTD) have defective DNA excision repair although only XP has increased cancer susceptibility. We plan to perform careful clinical examination of selected patients with XP, XP/CS, CS, or TTD and follow their clinical course. We will obtain tissue (skin, blood, hair, buccal swabs) for laboratory examination of DNA repair and for genetic analysis. We hope to be able to correlate these laboratory abnormalities with the clinical features to better understand the mechanism of cancer prevention by DNA repair. Patients will ...
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Exosome as the Prognostic and Predictive Biomarker in EBC Patients
This study is the experimental study for serial ctDNA and exosome evaluation in EBC patients
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Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education Intervention: Version 2
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education (FLARE) intervention in improving melanoma preventive behaviors. Parent-child dyads, consisting of survivors of melanoma and their children, will be randomly assigned to either receive the FLARE intervention or standard education. Once enrolled, each parent-child dyad will participate in this study for just over 1 year. Both conditions will receive three bi-weekly live intervention sessions (30 minutes per session) with an interventionist, and quarterly boosters via text or email.
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Gene-Modified T Cells With or Without Decitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Malignancies Expressing NY-ESO-1
This phase I/IIa trial studies the side effects and best dose of gene-modified T cells when given with or without decitabine, and to see how well they work in treating patients with malignancies expressing cancer-testis antigens 1 (NY-ESO-1) gene that have spread to other places in the body (advanced). A T cell is a type of immune cell that can recognize and kill abnormal cells of the body. Placing a modified gene for NY-ESO-1 into the patients' T cells in the laboratory and then giving them back to the patient may help the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells that express NY-ESO-1. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ...
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Genetically Modified T-Cells Followed by Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma
This pilot phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of genetically modified T-cells followed by aldesleukin in treating patients with stage III-IV melanoma. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that help the body fight infections. Genes that may help the T-cells recognize melanoma cells are placed into the T-cells in the laboratory. Adding these genes to the T cells may help them kill more tumor cells when they are put back in the body. Aldesleukin may enhance this effect by stimulating white blood cells to kill more melanoma cells.
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Goat Infant Formula Feeding and Eczema (the GIraFFE Study)
To determine the relative risk of developing atopic dermatitis in infants fed a study formula based on whole goat milk compared to infants a study formula based on cow milk protein.
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Gynecological Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life in Egyptian Women With SLE
The purpose of our study was to Recognize gynecological symptoms and health-related quality of life in Egyptian women with systemic lupus erythematosus and evaluate the impact of duration of remission on QOL in SLE patients.
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Healthcare Disparities in Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata (AA) is a common immune-mediated non-scarring alopecia often associated with substantial morbidity. There are however, limited population-based data on potential disparities in the burden of AA, including across people of different ethnicities and deprivation. We aimed to provide the first large-scale, population-based estimate of lifetime risk of AA overall and by important sociodemographic subgroups. As AA is associated with an increased burden of mental health conditions and work-related outcomes (unemployment, time off work), a detailed understanding of the burden of disease in different sociodemographic groups...
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Implication of CCR4-NOT Complex Subunit 7 Expression in Natural Killer Cell Resistance in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Being a mechanistic study, this work aims to figure out "the role of the cytoplasmic mRNA deadenylase CNOT7 expressed protein on NK cell resistance in metastatic BC". In other words, to explore, whether, "CNOT7 contributes to metastasis in Egyptian female metastatic BC patient's cohort, through NK cell resistance, or not."
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Innovative Approaches to Gauge Progression of Sturge-Weber Syndrome
This study has three aims that hope to expand the knowledge on the cause of Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) and improve clinical care of Sturge-Weber Syndrome patients.
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