The New England Bladder Cancer Study
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Sažetak
Opis
Data from the new cancer atlas covering the period 1970-94 indicate that bladder cancer mortality rates among white men and women are elevated in the northeastern U.S., particularly in the northern parts of New England including Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The reasons for these high mortality rates are unclear. The persistent elevations in mortality and incidence for bladder cancer among both men and women suggest the possible role of environmental etiologic factors. A leading suspect environmental exposure is inorganic arsenic in drinking water, which is elevated in private wells in parts of New England. The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors that explain the high mortality and incidence rates for bladder cancer in men and women in northern New England. The study will be a population-based case-control study of carcinoma of the urinary bladder in three states: New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. All histologically-confirmed incident cases of carcinoma of the bladder occurring within a three-year period among residents of the study areas between the ages of 30 and 79 years will be eligible for the study. Controls will be selected randomly from the general population of each study area, frequency matched to the age-, race-, and gender-specific distributions of incidence cases of bladder cancer in each state. We expect to interview 1,200 cases and 1,200 controls. Several data collection activities will be incorporated in this study: a self-administered residential/occupational history calendar, a self-administered diet questionnaire, in-person interviews with subjects using a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), collection of drinking water to determine levels of arsenic and other contaminants in drinking water, a collection of buccal cells, toenails, spot urine, four-day urinary habits diary, overnight urine (from a sample of 240 cases and 240 controls), and blood (from a sample of 180 cases and 180 controls). Tumor tissue samples will be obtained for cases. We will examine associations between bladder cancer and environmental exposures, and estimate the extent to which exposures to such risk factor explain the elevated mortality and incidence in northern New England.
Datumi
Posljednja provjera: | 06/30/2020 |
Prvo podneseno: | 06/18/2006 |
Predviđena prijava poslana: | 06/18/2006 |
Prvo objavljeno: | 06/20/2006 |
Posljednje ažuriranje poslano: | 07/13/2020 |
Posljednje ažuriranje objavljeno: | 07/14/2020 |
Stvarni datum početka studija: | 02/28/2002 |
Procijenjeni datum primarnog završetka: | 06/15/2004 |
Procijenjeni datum završetka studije: | 07/13/2020 |
Stanje ili bolest
Faza
Grupe ruku
Ruka | Intervencija / liječenje |
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Population Controls Control subjects were selected randomly from state Department of Motor Vehicle and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) beneficiary records. | |
Urinary Bladder Cases patients with histologically confirmed carcinoma of the urinary bladder |
Kriterij prihvatljivosti
Dobni uvjeti za studiranje | 30 Years Do 30 Years |
Spolovi koji ispunjavaju uvjete za studij | All |
Metoda uzorkovanja | Probability Sample |
Prihvaća zdrave volontere | Da |
Kriteriji | - INCLUSION CRITERIA: All histologically-confirmed incident cases of carcinoma of the bladder, including carcinoma in situ, between the ages of 30 and 79 years occurring among residents of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont during an accrual period of about three years are eligible to be included in the study. Controls must be aged 30 to 79, with no previous bladder cancer diagnosis. Individuals with other malignancies will not be excluded. Controls under age 65 will be selected among residents of the three states with valid driving license from the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) computer tapes at six-month intervals. Controls aged 65 to 79 will be identified from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) files. CMS controls will be selected at six-month intervals over the interviewing period of the study from the most recently available updated tapes. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Children will be excluded from this study. |
Ishod
Primarne mjere ishoda
1. Bladder Cancer [2001-2004]