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Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women.

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Schildkraut, JM; Peres, LC; Bethea, TN; Camacho, F; Chyn, D; Cloyd, EK; Bandera, EV; Beeghly-Fadiel, A; Lipworth, L; Joslin, CE; Davis, FG ...
Published in: Cancer Causes Control
September 2019

PURPOSE: Although the incidence rate of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is somewhat lower in African American (AA) than white women, survival is worse. The Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium will overcome small, study-specific sample sizes to better understand racial differences in EOC risk and outcomes. METHODS: We harmonized risk factors and prognostic characteristics from eight U.S. STUDIES: the North Carolina Ovarian Cancer Study (NCOCS), the Los Angeles County Ovarian Cancer Study (LACOCS), the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES), the Cook County Case-Control Study (CCCCS), the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the Multiethnic Cohort Study (MEC), and the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS). RESULTS: Determinants of disparities for risk and survival in 1,146 AA EOC cases and 2,922 AA controls will be compared to 3,368 white EOC cases and 10,270 white controls. Analyses include estimation of population-attributable risk percent (PAR%) by race. CONCLUSION: OCWAA is uniquely positioned to study the epidemiology of EOC in AA women compared with white women to address disparities. Studies of EOC have been underpowered to address factors that may explain AA-white differences in the incidence and survival. OCWAA promises to provide novel insight into disparities in ovarian cancer.

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Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

30

Issue

9

Start / End Page

967 / 978

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • United States
  • Risk Factors
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Incidence
  • Illinois
  • Humans
 

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Schildkraut, J. M., Peres, L. C., Bethea, T. N., Camacho, F., Chyn, D., Cloyd, E. K., … Rosenberg, L. (2019). Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women. Cancer Causes Control, 30(9), 967–978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-019-01199-7
Schildkraut, Joellen M., Lauren C. Peres, Traci N. Bethea, Fabian Camacho, Deanna Chyn, Emily K. Cloyd, Elisa V. Bandera, et al. “Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women.Cancer Causes Control 30, no. 9 (September 2019): 967–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-019-01199-7.
Schildkraut JM, Peres LC, Bethea TN, Camacho F, Chyn D, Cloyd EK, et al. Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women. Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Sep;30(9):967–78.
Schildkraut, Joellen M., et al. “Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women.Cancer Causes Control, vol. 30, no. 9, Sept. 2019, pp. 967–78. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10552-019-01199-7.
Schildkraut JM, Peres LC, Bethea TN, Camacho F, Chyn D, Cloyd EK, Bandera EV, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Lipworth L, Joslin CE, Davis FG, Moorman PG, Myers E, Ochs-Balcom HM, Setiawan VW, Pike MC, Wu AH, Rosenberg L. Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women. Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Sep;30(9):967–978.
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Published In

Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

September 2019

Volume

30

Issue

9

Start / End Page

967 / 978

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • United States
  • Risk Factors
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Incidence
  • Illinois
  • Humans