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Health Habits and Cancer Risk Comparison Among Migrant Sri Lankans and Sri Lankans

NCT00476580 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2015-08-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objectives:

General objective:

To determine how acculturation to United States has influenced the health and cancer risk among a US migrant Sri Lankan population.

Specific objectives:

1. To determine the prevalence of cancer and cancer related non-communicable diseases among Sri Lankan Sinhalese living in the greater Houston area.
2. To study the distribution of risk factors for cancer in this population.
3. To study the pattern of utilization of methods available for early detection of cancer in this population.
4. To study and compare the findings of this survey with that of the siblings of this population living in Sri Lanka.

Conditions

  • Acculturation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Questions to collect health information specific to Sri Lankans.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard A. Hajek, PHD, MS, BA · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Sri Lanka

Study Locations

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