Table 1.
Summary of studies pooled
| Project/institute by region |
Study name |
Principal investigator |
Control source |
Study period |
Study location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| Family Health Study | FHS | A.G. Schwartz | Population | 1984–1987, 1990–2003 | Detroit, MI, USA |
| University of California at Los Angeles | UCLA | Z.F. Zhang | Population | 1999–2004 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Women’s Epidemiology of Lung Disease | WELD | A.G. Schwartz | Population | 2001–2005 | Detroit, MI, USA |
| New England Lung Cancer Study | NELCS | E. Duell | Population | 2005–2008 | New Hampshire & Vermont, USA |
| Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute | SLRI | J. McLaughlin | Mixed | 1997–2002 | Toronto, Canada |
| Harvard | Harvard | D. Christiani | Hospital | 1992–2008 | Boston, MA, USA |
| Mayo Clinic | Mayo | P. Yang | Hospital | 1997–2006 | USA |
| Moffitt | Moffitt | P. Lazarus | Hospital | 1999–2003 | Florida, USA |
| Europe | |||||
| European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition | GenAir | P. Vineis | Population | 1993–1998 | 10 European countries |
| Cancer of the Respiratory Tract Biorepository | CREST | M. Neri | Mixed | 1996–present | Northern Italy |
| Liverpool Lung Project | Liverpool | J. Field | Population | 1998–2016 | Liverpool, UK |
| International Agency for Research on Cancer | IARC | P. Boffetta | Hospital | 1998–2002 | Central/Eastern Europe |
| Asia and Oceania | |||||
| University of Hawaii | Hawaii | L. Le Marchand | Population | 1992–1997 | Hawaii, USA |
| Kyushu University | Kyushu | C. Kiyohara | Population | 1994–1996 | Japan |
| Genes and Environment in Lung Cancer, Singapore | GEL-S 1 | A. Seow | Hospital | 1996–1998 | Singapore |
| Genes and Environment in Lung Cancer, Singapore | GEL-S 2 | A. Seow | Hospital | 2005–2007 | Singapore |
| Aichi Cancer Center | Aichi | K. Tajima/K. Mastuo | Hospital | 2001–2005 | Aichi, Japan |
| Seoul University | Seoul | Y.C. Hong | Hospital | 2001–2008 | Seoul, Korea |