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The following PLCO First Cancer dataset(s) are available for delivery on CDAS. For each dataset, a Data Dictionary that describes the data is publicly available. In order to obtain the actual data in SAS or CSV format, you must begin a data-only request. Data will be delivered once the project is approved and data transfer agreements are completed.


Datasets and Data Dictionaries

Files Description
Data Dictionary
(PDF - 392.2 KB)
1. The First Cancer dataset is a comprehensive dataset that contains nearly all the PLCO study data available for participant's first cancer incidence and mortality analyses. The dataset contains one record for each of the approximately 155,000 participants in the PLCO trial.

User Guides and Other Files

User Guides are intended to serve as a guide to using the data contained in these datasets.

For PLCO:
PLCO User Guide
(PDF - 291.4 KB)