The Janus Serum Biobank
Initiatives
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To make the material available to cancer researchers over the whole world, and deliver quality assured samples and data.
**General Contact:janus@kreftregisteret.no**
- Start Year
- 1973
- End Year
- 2004
- Funding
- Initial funding for the sample collection to the Janus cohort was provided by the Norwegian Cancer Society. The Cancer Registry of Norway has funded the biobank operation since 2004.
- Supplementary Information
- https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/46/2/403/2617162; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108113/
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The Janus cohort members have been followed up from the date they donated the first serum sample until the date of cancer diagnosis, emigration or death.
- Supplementary Information
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27063606/
Marker Paper
Langseth H, Gislefoss RE, Martinsen JI, Dillner J, Ursin G. Cohort Profile: The Janus Serum Bank Cohort in Norway. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 1;46(2):403-404g. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw027.
PUBMED 27063606
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 316,951
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- 165.390 men; 151.561 women
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.kreftregisteret.no/en/Research/Janu...