Biobank: ATBC Study (Finland)

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Primary purpose: Store the sample collection and data information of participants from the study "The alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene lung cancer prevention study", which was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial testing whether alpha-tocopherol and/or beta-carotene supplements can reduce the incidence of lung cancer and other cancers.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: THL Biobank.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: ATBC Study. Click here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: About 29,000 sample donors.

Date range: 1985 - 1993

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: not publicly available. Click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Information [1].