Seoul Male Cancer Cohort
Initiatives
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Estimate lung cancer risk of cigarette smoking in Korean men by a 10-year follow-up prospective cohort study using the primary databases.
- Start Year
- 1993
- End Year
- 2002
- Funding
- Grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (0520160-1)
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Incident cases of all cancers, including lung cancer, occurring during the 10-yr follow up period were identified through the database of Seoul Regional Cancer Registry as a population-based cancer registry, the Korea Central Cancer Registry as a nationwide, hospital-based, cancer registry, and death certificates in the Korea Statistical Office
Marker Paper
Bae JM, Lee MS, Shin MH, Kim DH, Li ZM, Ahn YO. Cigarette smoking and risk of lung cancer in Korean men: the Seoul Male Cancer Cohort Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2007 Jun;22(3):508-12. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.3.508.
PUBMED 17596662
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 14,272
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Beneficiaries of the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation (KMIC). All participants are men
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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