Recruitment of newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients proved challenging in a multicentre biobanking study
Nyaladzi Balogun, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Eva L. Wozniak, Anita Lim, Andy Ryan, Susan J. Ramus, Jeremy Ford, Matthew Burnell, Martin Widschwendter, Sue F. Gessler, Simon A. Gayther, Ian J. Jacobs, Usha Menon
20110401
2011 May 1
J Clin Epidemiol
Recruitment of newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients proved challenging in a multicentre biobanking study
J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 May;64(5):525-530, Nyaladzi Balogun, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Eva L. Wozniak, Anita Lim, Andy Ryan, Susan J. Ramus, Jeremy Ford, Matthew Burnell, Martin Widschwendter, Sue F. Gessler, Simon A. Gayther, Ian J. Jacobs, Usha Menon
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the challenges of recruiting ovarian cancer patients and healthy controls to a cancer biobanking study.Study Design and SettingThe study was set up in gynecological cancer centers in 10 National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom. Women were approached if they were undergoing investigations/awaiting treatment for ovarian cancer, had a previous diagnosis of ovarian cancer, or were attending for annual screening in an ovarian cancer screening trial. Those who consented...
