Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

RATIONALE: Learning about the risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women may help the study of endometrial cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OBJECTIVES:

• Establish and evaluate procedures for conducting a hospital-based case-control study of risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL:

• A total of 30 cases and 30 controls will be accrued for this study.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Cases

  • Diagnosed with endometrial cancer within the past year
  • Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or Afro-Caribbean

• Healthy controls

  • Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or Afro-Caribbean
  • No history of endometrial or other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
  • No prior hysterectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Speak English
• No medical condition that would make it difficult to complete the interview

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics