Individual Study / MWS

Million Women Study, England, Scotland

Million Women Study, England, Scotland

Initiatives -
Start Year
1996
End Year
2001
Funding
UK Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK
Supplementary Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Women_Study
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Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. Prof. Valerie Beral
    University of Oxford

Design

Study design
Population cohort
Follow Up
Study participants are sent postal resurvey questionnaires every 3-5 years.

Marker Paper

The Million Women Study Collaborative Group. The Million Women Study: design and characteristics of the study population.. Breast Cancer Res 1999;1:73–80. doi:10.1186/bcr16

PUBMED 29873753

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
700,000
Number of participants with biosamples
Supplementary Information
The study includes 1 in 4 of all UK women born between 1935 and 1950.

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Availability of access information

On the study website : http://www.millionwomenstudy.org/introduction/