Norwegian Women and Cancer Study
Initiatives
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To create a large prospective cohort designed to study the relationship between internal and external hormones and female cancers with focus on breast cancer. To estimate both relative risks and population attributable risk as an important aspect of public health priorities. To focus on aetiological hypotheses for cancer inareas where specific Norwegian exposure advan-tages exist with collection of sufficient, detailedand validated questionnaire information.
- Start Year
- 1991
- End Year
- 2007
- Funding
- Norwegian Research Council, EU, The Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation and The Norwegian Cancer Society.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Repeated collections of exposure information are carried through with 5-year intervals based on updated information on addresses given by the National Central Person Registers. Passive follow-up is based on linkage to the Cancer Registry of Norway.
Marker Paper
Lund E, Dumeaux V, Braaten T, Hjartåker A, Engeset D, Skeie G, Kumle M. Cohort profile: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study--NOWAC--Kvinner og kreft. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;37(1):36-41. doi: 10.1093/ije/dym137. Epub 2007 Jul 20. x
PUBMED 17644530
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 165,772
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Women
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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