Study Objective
To see how people's diets, lifestyle, and individual genetic makeup affect their chances of getting endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterus).
Why Is This Study Important?
This study will provide a basis for understanding why some people get endometrial cancer, so that doctors can identify people at higher risk and help them prevent this disease.
Who Is Conducting This Study?
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
- Funded by the National Cancer Institute
Who Is Eligible to Participate?
- Residents of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, or Union County in New Jersey.
- Women age 21 and over.
- Women with edometrial cancer and women without this disease.
