Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program

Abstract

The goals of this research are to develop interdisciplinary studies of the etiology, biology and prevention of ovarian cancer. Project I, Ovarian Cancer Consortium has registered 955 participants including 464 high-risk women representing 329 families. The Core Laboratory has collected, processed and banked biospecimens from 496 subjects. Project II, Facilitating Decision Making About Prophylactic Oophorectomy: we accrued 80 participants with a family history of ovarian cancer into the study. At the three-month follow up assessment, 86% of participants (68/80) completed and returned their packets. Seventy-four percent of women (59/80) continued their participation through the 6-month assessment, and 69% (55/80) completed the final questionnaire packed at the 12-month assessment time point. Project III, Phase II Chemoprevention Study of Ovarian Cancer: this placebo-controlled randomized protocol using 4HPR has been written, approved by the Dept. of Defense, the National Cancer Institute Chemoprevention Branch, and the FDA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA413258

Entities

People

  • Paul F. Engstrom

Organizations

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cancer
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Drug Therapy
  • Families (Human)
  • Genetics
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Oncology
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Physicians
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Relational Databases

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  • Biotechnology