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Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

Active Not RecruitingN/A

Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Conditions: Endometrial Cancer

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

Countries: United States

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.

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 21 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: OBSERVATIONAL

Eligibility criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Cases

  * Diagnosed with endometrial cancer within the past year
  * Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or Afro-Caribbean
* Healthy controls

  * Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or Afro-Caribbean
  * No history of endometrial or other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
  * No prior hysterectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Speak English
* No medical condition that would make it difficult to complete the interview

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics

Locations (4)

Brooklyn, New York, United States
New York, New York, United States
New York, New York, United States
The Bronx, New York, United States