Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

Active, not recruiting

Interventions: Other: questionnaire administration
Other: study of socioeconomic and demographic variables
Procedure: evaluation of cancer risk factors

Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Learning about the risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women may help the study of endometrial cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES:

* Establish and evaluate procedures for conducting a hospital-based case-control study of risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL:

* A total of 30 cases and 30 controls will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control	questionnaire administration	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.
case	evaluation of cancer risk factors	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.
control	study of socioeconomic and demographic variables	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.
case	study of socioeconomic and demographic variables	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.
control	evaluation of cancer risk factors	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.
case	questionnaire administration	Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Interviewer's evaluation of interview quality and respondent cooperation	2 years
Proportion of participants who rate the study positively on each measure in the post-interview assessment and respondents' suggested changes to the study	2 years
Number and percentage of cases and controls approached who sign informed consent	2 years
Proportion of questions with missing data	2 years
Number and percentage of potential cases and controls approached who are found to be eligible for the study and reasons for being ineligible (including language)	2 years
Number and percentage of cases and controls who complete each part of the study (main questionnaire, diet questionnaire, saliva/buccal specimen)	2 years
Number and percentage of cases who are willing to have tumor specimens used for future research	2 years
Characteristics of cases and controls (demographics, main risk factors, and use of health care and screening)	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

Locations (4): Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States
City College of New York
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New York, New York, United States
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Montefiore Medical Center
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Bronx, New York, United States