The Cancer Epidemiology Descriptive Cohort Database: A Tool to Support Population-Based Interdisciplinary Research

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• Alternative Title:
  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
• Personal Author:
  Kennedy, Amy E. ; Khoury, Muin J. ; Ioannidis, John P.A. ; Brotzman, Michelle ; Miller, Amy ; Lane, Crystal ; Lai, Gabriel Y. ; Rogers, Scott D. ; Harvey, Chinonye ; Elena, Joanne W. ; Seminara, Daniela
• Description:
  Background
  
  We report on the establishment of a web-based Cancer Epidemiology Descriptive Cohort Database (CEDCD). The CEDCD’s goals are to enhance awareness of resources, facilitate interdisciplinary research collaborations, and support existing cohorts for the study of cancer-related outcomes.
  
  Methods
  
  Comprehensive descriptive data were collected from large cohorts established to study cancer as primary outcome using a newly developed questionnaire. These included an inventory of baseline and follow-up data, biospecimens, genomics, policies, and protocols. Additional descriptive data extracted from publicly available sources were also collected. This information was entered in a searchable and publicly accessible database. We summarized the descriptive data across cohorts and reported the characteristics of this resource.
  
  Results
  
  As of December 2015, the CEDCD includes data from 46 cohorts representing more than 6.5 million individuals (29% ethnic/racial minorities). Overall, 78% of the cohorts have collected blood at least once, 57% at multiple time points, and 46% collected tissue samples. Genotyping has been performed by 67% of the cohorts, while 46% have performed whole-genome or exome sequencing in subsets of enrolled individuals. Information on medical conditions other than cancer has been collected in more than 50% of the cohorts. More than 600,000 incident cancer cases and more than 40,000 prevalent cases are reported, with 24 cancer sites represented.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The CEDCD assembles detailed descriptive information on a large number of cancer cohorts in a searchable database.
  
  Impact
  
  Information from the CEDCD may assist the interdisciplinary research community by facilitating identification of well-established population resources and large-scale collaborative and integrative research.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Databases, Factual Female Humans Interdisciplinary Research Internet Male Neoplasms
• Source:
  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 25(10):1392-1401
• Pubmed ID:
  27439404
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5480970
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; Z99 CA999999/Intramural NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:460097b49da6e71fd25c64def3b348248dd5b5eaeae0180b62a89e097037201d126aa9e1aab2975a425ebf01a8fcb74a64d2c06602af3077eda72a5aaee10fa6
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