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BMI and risks of pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma mortality in the African American BMI Pooling Project

Principal Investigator
Name
Cari Kitahara
Degrees
PhD
Institution
NCI, DCEG, NEB
Position Title
Research Fellow
Email
About this CDAS Project
Study
PLCO (Learn more about this study)
Project ID
PLCO-7
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Dec 7, 2012
Title
BMI and risks of pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma mortality in the African American BMI Pooling Project
Summary
We are not requesting additional data for these two projects. This is an extension of the BMI and all-cause and cause-specific mortality pooling project among African Americans in the NCI Cohort Consortium (previously approved by PLCO). These additional two analyses will examine associations of BMI and waist circumference with risk of pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma death within the same dataset used for the original study.
Aims

1. Examine associations between BMI, waist circumference, and risk of pancreatic cancer mortality among African Americans in the pooled dataset.

1. Examine associations between BMI, waist circumference, and risk of multiple myeloma mortality among African Americans in the pooled dataset.

Collaborators

Pancreatic cancer: Traci Bethea and Julie Palmer(Black Women's Health Study), Larry Kolonel (Multiethnic Cohort Study)

Multiple myeloma: Julie Palmer(Black Women's Health Study), Bill Blot (Southern Community Cohort Study), Synnove Knutsen (Adventist Health Study), Alpa Patel (Cancer Prevention Study, American Cancer Society)

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