A systematic assessment of different environmental, lifestyle, medical and familial factors associated with risk of liver cancer and survival
Principal Investigator
Name
Youzhu Wei
Degrees
Ph.D
Institution
Fujian Medical University
Position Title
Research Fellow
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About this CDAS Project
Study
PLCO
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Project ID
PLCO-604
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Mar 25, 2020
Title
A systematic assessment of different environmental, lifestyle, medical and familial factors associated with risk of liver cancer and survival
Summary
Over the past 20 years, incidence and mortality of liver cancer in the United States has been dramatically increasing. However, our understanding of the possible uncovering risk factors for this disease is still not adequate. The current study aims to provide a comparatively systematic evaluation of different environmental, lifestyle, medical and familial factors in the formulation of risk of profile of liver cancer, hoping to get out with plausible screening recommendations of this cancer.
Aims
To evaluate the associations between different environmental, lifestyle, medical and familial factors and different histological subtypes of liver cancer incidence and survival.
Collaborators
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