A multi-center population-based case-control study of ovarian cancer in African-American women: the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES)

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  • Schildkraut, Joellen M.
    • Other Affiliation: Duke Cancer Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
  • Alberg, Anthony J.
    • Other Affiliation: Hollings Cancer Center and Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
  • Bandera, Elisa V.
    • Other Affiliation: Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • Barnholtz-Sloan, Jill
    • Other Affiliation: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Bondy, Melissa
    • Other Affiliation: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • Cote, Michelle L.
    • Other Affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute Population Studies and Disparities Research Program, Detroit, MI, USA
  • Funkhouser, Ellen
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
  • Peters, Edward
    • Other Affiliation: Epidemiology Program, Louisiana State University School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Schwartz, Ann G.
    • Other Affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute Population Studies and Disparities Research Program, Detroit, MI, USA
  • Terry, Paul
    • Other Affiliation: Departments of Public Health and Surgery, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • Wallace, Kristin
    • Other Affiliation: Hollings Cancer Center and Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
  • Akushevich, Lucy
    • Other Affiliation: Duke Cancer Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
  • Wang, Frances
    • Other Affiliation: Duke Cancer Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
  • Crankshaw, Sydnee
    • Other Affiliation: Duke Cancer Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
  • Moorman, Patricia G.
    • Other Affiliation: Duke Cancer Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Abstract: Background: Ovarian cancer (OVCA) is the leading cause of death from gynecological cancer, with poorer survival for African American (AA) women compared to whites. However, little is known about risk factors for OVCA in AA. To study the epidemiology of OVCA in this population, we started a collaborative effort in 10 sites in the US. Here we describe the study and highlight the challenges of conducting a study of a lethal disease in a minority population. Methods: The African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES) is an ongoing, population-based case–control study of OVCA in AA in 10 geographic locations, aiming to recruit 850 women with invasive epithelial OVCA and 850 controls age- and geographically-matched to cases. Rapid case ascertainment and random-digit-dialing systems are in place to ascertain cases and controls, respectively. A telephone survey focuses on risk factors as well as factors of particular relevance for AAs. Food-frequency questionnaires, follow-up surveys, biospecimens and medical records are also obtained. Results: Current accrual of 403 AA OVCA cases and 639 controls exceeds that of any existing study to date. We observed a high proportion (15%) of deceased non-responders among the cases that in part is explained by advanced stage at diagnosis. A logistic regression model did not support that socio-economic status was a factor in advanced stage at diagnosis. Most risk factor associations were in the expected direction and magnitude. High BMI was associated with ovarian cancer risk, with multivariable adjusted ORs and 95% CIs of 1.50 (0.99-2.27) for obese and 1.27 (0.85- 1.91) for morbidly obese women compared to normal/underweight women. Conclusions: AACES targets a rare tumor in AAs and addresses issues most relevant to this population. The importance of the study is accentuated by the high proportion of OVCA cases ascertained as deceased. Our analyses indicated that obesity, highly prevalent in this population (>60% of the cases), was associated with increased OVCA risk. While these findings need to be replicated, they suggest the potential for an effective intervention on the risk in AAs. Upon completion of enrollment, AACES will be the largest epidemiologic study of OVCA in AA women.
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  • BMC Cancer
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  • 14
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  • 1
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  • 688
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  • English
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  • 1471-2407
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  • BMC Cancer. 2014 Sep 22;14(1):688
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