Southern Community Cohort Study
Initiatives
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To address many unresolved questions about the root causes of cancer health disparities, with its findings expected to help prevent and reduce the burden of cancer among all populations.
- Start Year
- 2001
- End Year
- 2009
- Funding
- National Cancer Institute
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Repeated questionnaires every few years, telephone follow-up, and record linkage. The major emphasis of the follow-up is on both cancer incidence and mortality outcomes.
Marker Paper
Signorello LB, Hargreaves MK, Steinwandel MD, Zheng W, Cai Q, Schlundt DG, Buchowski MS, Arnold CW, McLaughlin JK, Blot WJ. Southern community cohort study: establishing a cohort to investigate health disparities. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Jul;97(7):972-9.
PUBMED 16080667
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 85,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.southerncommunitystudy.org/