Health Condition 1: C154- Malignant neoplasm of middle thirdof esophagus
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Department of health research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For Cases: All new histopathologically confirmed cases will be enrolled. Date of diagnosis should be less than 6 months from the date of enrolment Self-reported age between 20-70 years For Control: Controls will be drawn from visitors with no history of cancer and accompanying with patients of any cancer site Controls with the first degree relatives of patients with esophageal cancer and head and neck cancers will be not be included. The proportion of controls from visitors for any individual cancer site will not exceed 20%. Self reported age between 20-70 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For case & Control Pregnant women will not be included in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the data obtained using various variables from the cases and control will support in understanding the role of water pollution in development of esophageal cancer: a case-control stratified by high and low risk regions.Timepoint: 2 years | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| nilTimepoint: nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Rajesh Dikshit
Centre For Cancer Epidemiology
Outcome results
None listed