The link between diabetes status and pancreatic Cancer survival
Principal Investigator
Name
Sabrina Benteftifa
Degrees
BA, MBS, MPH (in progress)
Institution
Independent
Position Title
Student
About this CDAS Project
Study
PLCO
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Project ID
PLCO-451
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Feb 1, 2019
Title
The link between diabetes status and pancreatic Cancer survival
Summary
The aim of this project, my Master of Public Health Thesis, is to study the linkage between diabetes status and Pancreatic Cancer survival. This is a paper that I intend to submit to my institution and do not intend to publish.
Aims
To investigate the link between diabetes status and pancreatic cancer survival by:
--looking at the direct relationship
--looking at the relationship between alcohol usage and smoking status with survival and its link to the other factors
--looking at the relationship with other lifestyle variables, cancer grade, and surgery status.
--looking at Vitamin D levels in association with survival due to current literature relating Vitamin D to risk and treatment
-- assessing for mediation, interaction, and confounding
-- build on or corroborate current literature
Collaborators
none