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 [1].

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: About 29,000 sample donors.

Date Range: 1985 - 1993

Cancer Areas of Interest: bronchial and lung cancer (C34).

Data access: not publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].