Wife and husband DNA cohort

This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

This data description has been automatically migrated from Lund University, Faculty of Medicine to SND’s research data catalogue. The level of documentation may therefore differ from other data descriptions in the catalogue.

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Description:

The cohort was recruited among accompanying spouses of cancer patients at the Oncology Clinic at Lund University Hospital. The study will be used as a reference population in genetic studies and in studies on biomarkers. The individuals filled in a questionnaire about their health status and donated a blood sample.

Purpose:

The study will be used as a reference population in genetic studies and in studies on biomarkers.

Subject area:

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical Genetics, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

Blood Specimen Collection, Body Weights and Measures, Neoplasms, Biological Markers, DNA, Reproduction, Smoking, blood plasma, Serum, Scania, EpiHealth, EpiHealth_Skåne, genetic studies, reference population

Principal organisation:

Lund University

Accessibility status:

Access to data through an external actor
Access to data is restricted

Responsible department/unit:

Lund University, Faculty of Medicine

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology

Identifiers:

SND-ID: EXT 0101

Description:

Time period(s) investigated:

2007-01-01 — ongoing

Unit of analysis:

Individual

Population:

The population is based on spouses of cancer patients at the Oncology Clinic at Lund University Hospital.

Time Method:

Longitudinal: Cohort

Sampling procedure:

Non-probability: Purposive

Ethics Review:

Lund

Biobank is connected to the study:

Yes

Subject area:

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical Genetics, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

Contact for questions about the data:

Håkan Olsson

Is part of collection at SND:

Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

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Broberg K, Höglund M, Gustafsson C, Björk J, Ingvar C, Albin M, Olsson H. Genetic variant of the human homologous recombination-associated gene RMI1 (S455N) impacts the risk of AML/MDS and malignant melanoma. Cancer Lett. 2007 Dec 8;258(1):38-44.

Broberg K, Huynh E, Schläwicke Engström K, Björk J, Albin M, Ingvar C, Olsson H, Höglund M. Association between polymorphisms in RMI1, TOP3A, and BLM and risk of cancer, a case-control study. BMC Cancer. 2009 May 11;9:140.
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