- Asbestos Exposure and Digestive Cancers 
Head :
Launoy Guy, Cancers et Populations
Last update : 09/05/2017 | Version : 1 | ID : 5926
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Asbestos Exposure and Digestive Cancers |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | Accord CNIL |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Cancer research |
| Health determinants |
Geography Intoxication Occupation Pollution |
| Others (details) | Cancer of the intestine, cancer of the oesophagus, bronchopulmonary cancer, pleural disease, asbestos |
| Keywords | Peritoneal mesothelioma, inflammatory reaction, carcinogen, toxic effects, asbestos, exposure |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Launoy |
| Surname | Guy |
| Address | Avenue Côte de Nacre 14032 Caen Cedex |
| Phone | +33 (0)2 31 06 51 20 |
| launoy@unicaen.fr | |
| Unit | Cancers et Populations |
| Organization | Institut National de Santé et Recherche Médicale, CHU |
| Collaborations | |
| Participation in projects, networks and consortia |
Yes |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Public |
| Details | Inserm |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Institut National de Santé et Recherche Médicale |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | CHU Caen |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Longitudinal study (except cohorts) |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A population file |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | Individuals working in a place with high exposure to asbestos. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | To determine whether occupational asbestos exposure increases the risk of digestive cancers. To define the relationship between exposure to asbestos and cancer of the small intestine and oesophagus in humans. |
| Inclusion criteria | - Men or women - exposed to asbestos in their place of work |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) |
| Population covered |
General population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Departmental |
| French regions covered by the database |
Normandie |
| Detail of the geography area | Calvados (Normandy) |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 1978 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2004 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 2024 -1604 hommes - 420 femmes |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Medical registration |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality |
| Procedures | |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04050.x/pdf |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | To be defined. |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
