Alcohol Consumption and Gallbladder Cancer

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

156 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-31

Study Completion Date

2014-11-30

Brief Summary

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This case-control study matched by age and sex was performed to evaluate the region specific risk factors for gallbladder cancer in Jeju island, Korea.

Detailed Description

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In order to estimate region-specific risk factors for gallbladder cancer (GBC) in Jeju island, Korea the investigators performed a case-control study. Among 124 GBC patients and 7088 health controls, the investigators randomly selected 78 cases and 78 age-sex matched controls (1:1 matching) and compared their demographic features, combined diseases, and personal histories about known risk factors until now.

Conditions

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Gallbladder Cancer

Keywords

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Gallbladder cancer Case-control study Risk factor Alcohol consumption Polypoid lesions of gallbladder Biliary stone

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Gallbladder cancer case group

Gallbladder cancer case group was defined as newly diagnosed gallbladder cancer diagnosed as GBC at the Department of Internal Medicine in Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea from 2009 to 2013.

No interventions assigned to this group

Age and sex matched control group

Age and sex matched control group was determined as age-sex matched subjects selected from the participants of Health Promotion Center in the same institute from 2009 to 2012.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Case group : newly diagnosed gallbladder cancer patients in Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine in Cheju Halla General Hospitalduring 2008-2013
* Control group : 1:1 age-sex matched controls underwent health care screening program in Department of Health Promotion Center in Cheju Halla General Hospital for 2008-2012.

Exclusion Criteria

* Case group Ambiguous diagnosis primary tumor involving common bile duct follow up loss without pathologic confirmation Incomplete clinical records Couldn't be assessed the results of operation or radiologic imaging.
* Control group Cases unavailable for gallbladder imaging (abdominal ultrasonography ,computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging) Cases underwent previous cholecystectomy before enrollment.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Byung Hyo Cha, MD

Director of Digestive Disease Center

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Byung Hyo Cha, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Director of Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Korea

Locations

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Cheju Halla General Hopsital

Jeju City, Jeju Special Governing Province, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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2014-L04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id