Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer in Black Women



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Endometrial Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:21 - Any
Updated:12/19/2018
Start Date:July 2007
End Date:July 2019

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Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

RATIONALE: Learning about the risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women may help the
study of endometrial cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OBJECTIVES:

- Establish and evaluate procedures for conducting a hospital-based case-control study of
risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure
their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL:

- A total of 30 cases and 30 controls will be accrued for this study.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Cases

- Diagnosed with endometrial cancer within the past year

- Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or
Afro-Caribbean

- Healthy controls

- Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or
Afro-Caribbean

- No history of endometrial or other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)

- No prior hysterectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Speak English

- No medical condition that would make it difficult to complete the interview

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics
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1275 York Ave
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — the world's oldest and...
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