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Esophageal Cancer in Northeastern Iran

NCT00450788 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50045

Last updated 2026-04-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

-Esophageal cancer is the most common cancer in Iran s Golestan Province. Nutritional deficiencies, ethnicity and environmental exposures might contribute to the development of this disease.

Objectives:

-To better understand the cause of esophageal cancer in Golestan Province and to reduce its occurrence there.

Eligibility:

-Adults from the Gonbad, Aq-Qala and Kalaleh districts of eastern Golestan Province in Iran.

Design:

* The study is a collaboration between NIH, the Digestive Disease Research Center of Teheran University of Medical Sciences, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
* Participants complete a lifestyle questionnaire and food frequency questionnaire.
* Samples of participants blood, urine, hair and toenail clippings are obtained.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer
  • GI Disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Christian C Abnet, Ph.D. · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-15

Countries

  • Iran

Study Locations

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