Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer in Black Women

OBJECTIVES:

- Establish and evaluate procedures for conducting a hospital-based case-control study of
risk factors for endometrial cancer in black women.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Participants complete questionnaires about lifestyle factors and their usual diet and measure
their waist and hips. Saliva or buccal specimens are collected for future research.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL:

- A total of 30 cases and 30 controls will be accrued for this study.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Cases

- Diagnosed with endometrial cancer within the past year

- Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or
Afro-Caribbean

- Healthy controls

- Self-identified as being black, African-American, black Hispanic, African, or
Afro-Caribbean

- No history of endometrial or other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)

- No prior hysterectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Speak English

- No medical condition that would make it difficult to complete the interview

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics