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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Jun 22;19(7):1822–1830. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1317

Table 1. Overview of OCAC studies and white non-Hispanic participants.

Study abbreviation Study name Cases carcinoma Cases LMP Controls White non-Hispanic %* Source population
AUS AOCS (Australian Ovarian Cancer Study) and ACS (Australian Cancer Study – Ovarian Cancer) 729 206 1,082 85 Australia: Population-based
DOV DOVE (Diseases of the Ovary and their Evaluation) 533 186 724 91 Washington, USA: Population-based
GER GOCS (German Ovarian Cancer Study) 207 29 433 100 Germany: Population-based
HAW HAWAII (Hawaii Ovarian Cancer Study) 70 20 158 26 Hawaii, USA: Population-based
HOP HOPE (Hormones and Ovarian Cancer Prediction Study) 285 34 643 95 Pennsylvania, USA: Population-based
MAL MALOVA (Malignant Ovarian Cancer Study) 441 0 1,218 100 Denmark: Population-based
MAY MAYO (Mayo Clinic Ovarian Cancer Case Control Study) 303 51 388 87 Mid-west, USA: Clinic-based
NCO1 NCOCS (North Carolina Ovarian Cancer Study) 313 99 462 84 North Carolina, USA: Population-based
NCO2 258 63 264 80
NEC NECC (New England-based Case-Control Study) 576 217 1,012 96 New England, USA: Population-based
NHS NHS (Nurses' Health Study) 114 18 372 98 USA: Population-based cohort
SEA SEARCH (Studies of Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Cancer Heredity Ovarian Cancer Study) 533 121 1,229 97 England: Population-based
STA GEOCS (Genetic Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer Study) 249 1 366 87 California, USA: Population & family-based
UCI UCI (the Orange and San Diego Counties, California Study) 284 137 431 81 California, USA: Population-based
UKO UKOPS (United Kingdom Ovarian Cancer Population Study) 259 1 581 98 UK: Population-based
USC LAC-CCOC (Los Angeles County Case-Control Studies of Ovarian Cancer) 439 128 599 73 California, USA: Population-based
Totals 5,593 1,307 9,962 87
*

White non-Hispanic subjects.as a percentage of all race-ethnicities enrolled in each study.

NCO1 and NCO2 are considered two studies totaling 16 OCAC studies

Formerly FROCS (Family Registry for Ovarian Cancer Study)