Database: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Europe)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London (United Kingdom). [1]

Primary purpose: The EPIC database primarily aims to study the impact of dietary, lifestyle, and environmental factors on the incidence of cancer and other chronic diseases across Europe.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Europe).

Source of Information: Data is collected via questionnaires and assessments from recruited participants.

Data level: Participant level.

Number of Records: 521,000 [2].

Date Range: 1993 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.

Data access: Not publicly available. Instructions to access restricted content [3] [4].

Contact information: Information [5].