Alpha-Tocopherol, BetaCarotene Cancer Prevention Study
Initiatives
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The main purposes of the ATBC cohort follow-up are:
* To use the existing risk factor data and biological specimens (i.e., serum, whole blood, DNA, red blood cells, and toenails) to test hypotheses relevant to cancer etiology, survival, early detection, and prevention.
* To determine whether certain vitamin supplements would prevent lung cancer and other cancers
- Start Year
- 1985
- End Year
- 2013
- Funding
- National Cancer Institute
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Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
- Follow Up
- Participants were followed after the trial ended using data from the national registries in Finland in order to evaluate the long-term effects of the vitamins on cancer incidence, and overall and cause-specific mortality.
Marker Paper
The alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene lung cancer prevention study: design, methods, participant characteristics, and compliance. The ATBC Cancer Prevention Study Group. Ann Epidemiol. 1994 Jan;4(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/1047-2797(94)90036-1.
PUBMED 8205268
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 29,133
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Male smokers (Finland) aged 50 to 69 years
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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