Biobank for individuals with prostate cancer - Biobank for prostate cancer-controls

SND-ID: ext0138-2.

Is part of collection at SND: Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

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Contact

Håkan Olsson

hakan.olsson@med.lu.se

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Research principal

Lund University - Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Description

The cohort consists of 900 individuals with prostate cancer who came to an oncology center in southern Sweden for therapy. The collection of this study started in 2007 and is ongoing. A control group of 1,000 men recruited among accompanying spouses of female cancer patients also belong to this study. The participants have donated blood and answered questions relating to previous medications, height, weight, alcohol consumption and smoking.

Purpose:

To study risk factors for prostate cancer

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual

Population

individuals with prostate cancer who came to an oncology center in southern Sweden for therapy.

Study design

Case-control study

Sampling procedure

Non-probability

Time period(s) investigated

2007 – Ongoing

Number of individuals/objects

1000

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Data collection 1

Mode of collection: Measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection: 2007–ongoing
Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples

Data collection 2

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 2007–ongoing
Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples

Geographic coverage

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Topic and keywords

Research area

Cancer and oncology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Other clinical medicine (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Drinking behaviour, Smoking, Cancer, Case-control studies, Prostatic neoplasms, Blood, Height (physiology), Weight (physiology), Scania, Epihealth, Epihealth_skåne, Southern sweden

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