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Editorial
. 2014 Dec;23(12):2694-702.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0541.

Establishment of the cancer prevention study II nutrition cohort colorectal tissue repository

Peter T Campbell  1 , Anusila Deka  2 , Peter Briggs  2 , Mine Cicek  3 , Alton B Farris  4 , Mia M Gaudet  2 , Eric J Jacobs  2 , Christina C Newton  2 , Alpa V Patel  2 , Lauren R Teras  2 , Stephen N Thibodeau  3 , Lori Tillmans  3 , Susan M Gapstur  2
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Editorial

Establishment of the cancer prevention study II nutrition cohort colorectal tissue repository

Peter T Campbell et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Background: To better understand colorectal cancer etiology and prognosis, archived surgical tissues were collected from Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II) Nutrition Cohort participants who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Herein, the methodology for this collection is described to help inform other efforts to collect tissues.

Methods: The main components to accruing tissue were: (i) obtaining consent from participants or next-of-kin; (ii) contacting hospitals to request materials; and (iii) pathology review and laboratory processing.

Results: In CPS-II, we identified 3,643 participants diagnosed with colorectal cancer between 1992/1993 and 2009. Of these, tissue could not be sought from cases verified through state cancer registry linkage (N = 1,622), because of insufficient information on tissue location. We sought tissue from the 2,021 cases verified using medical records, and received tissue from 882. When hospitals were contacted within 10 years of diagnosis, we received 87% of tissue materials; beyond that 10-year mark, we received 32%. Compared with the 2,761 colorectal cancer cases without tissue, the 882 cases with tissue were more likely to be alive, diagnosed more recently during follow-up, and had less-advanced staged disease. Cases with and without tissues were similar with respect to age at diagnosis, smoking, body mass index, physical activity, and other epidemiologic factors.

Conclusions: Some of the most important elements in forming a tissue repository included having the cases' hospital contact and surgical accession information as well as contacting patients/next-of-kin and hospitals within 10 years of surgery.

Impact: This tissue repository will serve as an important resource for colorectal cancer studies. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Biomarkers, Biospecimens, and New Technologies in Molecular Epidemiology." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 23(12); 2694-702. ©2014 AACR.

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