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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Jan 14;28(3):471–477. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0797

Table 1.

Cancer centers sampling design summaries.

Cancer Institute Center Probability
Sample
Design
Non-probability
Sample Design
Catchment Area
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Patient records Community recruitment sample Bronx County
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Online sample Web panel and Community-based State of Massachusetts
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center Random digit dial Web panel States of NH and VT
Duke Cancer Institute N/A Community recruitment sample 6 counties in North Carolina
Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Center Patient records N/A State of Indiana
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  N/A Community recruitment sample 8 neighborhoods in New York City
Ohio State University Cancer Center Web panel Community recruitment sample State of Ohio
Roswell Park Cancer Institute N/A Web panel and In-person interview 8 counties in western New York
Temple University Fox Chase Cancer Center  N/A In-person recruitment from existing cohort study 6 counties in Pennsylvania and 9 in New Jersey
University of California at San Francisco – Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center N/A Web panel San Francisco (city/county).
University of Hawaii Cancer Center N/A Venue-based Initiation of Respondent Driven Sample Hawaii, Guam
University of Kentucky – Markey Cancer Center Address-based sample Community recruitment sample 54 counties in eastern KY designated as Appalachian
University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center Random digit dial   N/A 4 counties in eastern Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Institute Random digit dial N/A 29 counties in western Pennsylvania
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Address based sample Web panel State of Texas