Esophageal Cancer in Northeastern Iran

Conditions: Esophageal Cancer, GI Disease

Sex: All

Ages: 30 Years – 99 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Enrollment: 50045

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Location: Digestive Disease Research Institute Tehran

Summary

Background: -Esophageal cancer is the most common cancer in Iran s Golestan Province. Nutritional deficiencies, ethnicity and environmental exposures might contribute to the development of this disease. Objectives: -To better understand the cause of esophageal cancer in Golestan Province and to reduce its occurrence there. Eligibility: -Adults from the Gonbad, Aq-Qala and Kalaleh districts of eastern Golestan Province in Iran. Design: * The study is a collaboration between NIH, the Digestive Disease Research Center of Teheran University of Medical Sciences, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. * Participants complete a lifestyle questionnaire and food frequency questionnaire. * Samples of participants blood, urine, hair and toenail clippings are obtained.

Eligibility Criteria

* Ages 40 to 75 * Patients with esophogeal cancer

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