Open AccessOvarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium: a resource of harmonized data from eight epidemiologic studies of African American and white women
Author(s) -
Joellen M. Schildkraut,
Lauren C. Peres,
Traci N. Bethea,
Fabian Camacho,
Deanna Chyn,
Emily K. Cloyd,
Elisa V. Bandera,
Alicia Beeghly–Fadiel,
Loren Lipworth,
Charlotte E. Joslin,
Faith G. Davis,
Patricia G. Moorman,
Evan R. Myers,
Heather M. OchsBalcom,
Veronica Wendy Setiawan,
Malcolm C. Pike,
Anna H. Wu,
Lynn Rosenberg
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-019-01199-7
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , ovarian cancer , demography , incidence (geometry) , cohort , health equity , cohort study , gynecology , population , cancer , oncology , gerontology , public health , environmental health , pathology , sociology , physics , optics
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.