Participation in Procurement of Tissue, Serum, Plasma, Cell Bank, DNA and RNA Samples, and Urine for Biological Studies Related to Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer Treatment Follow Up
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Informed consent explained and signed prior to any study related procedures.
2. Age ≥18 years
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 2 or better, or
Karnofsky performance of 60% or better.
4. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate within 10 years of study
entry.
5. Willingness to return to Mayo Clinic Rochester for follow-up or participate in
mail-in PSA processing.
6. Must be disease-free from a previous diagnosis of cancer for a period of time = 5
years excluding cutaneous malignancies of squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Life expectancy < 5 years.
2. Inability to return to Mayo Rochester for follow-up appointments, sera, and urine
collection per protocol.
3. Previous or a concurrent diagnosis of cancers other than basal cell or invasive
squamous cell carcinoma of skin within the past 5 years.