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Multiethnic Cohort Study
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Multiethnic Cohort Study

Initiatives -
Start Year
1993
End Year
2002
Funding
Funding has continuously been provided for the MEC by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the federal agency responsible for cancer research in the U.S., and has been renewed until 2022 in recognition for the study’s exceptional contributions.
Supplementary Information
http://www.theamberproject.org/multiethnic-cohort-study; https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/U01-CA164973-06
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Prof. Christopher Haiman
    Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Dr. Unhee Lim
    University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
  • Dr. Prof. David Conti
    Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Dr. Carol Boushey
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center
  • Dr. Prof. Loic Le Marchand
    University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Design

Study design
Population cohort
Follow Up
Participants were followed prospectively for diagnosis of incident invasive breast cancer through routine linkage with Los Angeles County and Hawaii statewide cancer registries, which are a part of the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program, and for vital status through linkages to the National Death Index and death certificate files.
Supplementary Information
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi?study_id=phs000220.v2.p2

Marker Paper

Kolonel LN, Henderson BE, Hankin JH, Nomura AM, Wilkens LR, Pike MC, Stram DO, Monroe KR, Earle ME, Nagamine FS. A multiethnic cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: baseline characteristics. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Feb 15;151(4):346-57. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010213.

PUBMED 10695593

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
215,251
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
Residents of Hawaiʻi and Los Angeles:aged 45 to 75 years, from five main ethnic/racial groups(Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, African Americans, Latinos)

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Availability of access information

On the study website : https://www.uhcancercenter.org/mec

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