Invasiveepithelialovariancanceraccountsfor5%ofmalignanciesand,whileitistheeighthmostcommon cancerinUSwomen,itisthefifthleadingcauseofcancerdeaths.Manyoftheestablishedandsuspectedrisk factorsforovariancancershowracialdifferencesintheprevalenceand/ortimingofexposures.Racial differencesinincidenceandsurvivalarelikelyduetoacombinationoffactors,includingdifferencesinthe prevalenceofriskfactors,treatmentreceived,prevalenceofcomorbidities,andsocioeconomiccharacteristics. Thenewly-formedconsortium,OvarianCancerinWomenofAfricanAncestry(OCWAA),bringstogether investigatorsexperiencedinstudyingtheepidemiologyofovariancanceranddedicatedtounderstanding racialdifferencesinriskandoutcomesinovariancancer.TheOCWAAconsortiumincludesanongoing population-basedcase-controlstudyinAfricanAmerican(AA)women,threecompletedpopulation-based case-controlstudiesthatincludebothAAandwhitecasesandcontrolsandtwouniquecohortstudieswith largenumbersofAAparticipants.Toaddressracialdifferencesinincidenceandsurvival,wewill comprehensivelyexaminereproductiveandlifestyleexposureswhichdifferinprevalenceand/ortiming betweenAAandwhitewomen,accesstocare,treatmentandsocioeconomicfactors,anddeterminewhether theyexplainracialdisparities.Weproposetoharmonizeriskfactor,clinicalandoutcomedatafromthe participatingstudiesintheOCWAAconsortiuminordertoaccomplishthestudygoalsandcarryoutrace- specificanalysesofincidenceandsurvival.Wewillusetraditionalmethodstocalculatepopulationattributable riskpercent(PAR%)forassociatedriskfactors.Wewilluseanovelandexploratoryapproach,aMarkov state-transitionmicrosimulationmodel,toestimatetheextenttowhichracialdifferencesinpatternsof exposuretoknownriskfactorsexplainracialdifferencesinovariancancerage-specificincidenceandusethis samemethodtoestimatetheextenttowhichracialdifferencesinpatternsofexposure,treatment,and prognosticfactorsexplainracialdifferencesinovariancancersurvival.Theproposedstudywillbethelargest ofitskindandthefirsttobeadequatelypoweredtoevaluateepidemiologicandclinicalfactorsaffecting incidenceandsurvivalofovariancancerinAAwomen.Theinfrastructuregeneratedbythisapplicationwill enableOCWAAtocreateabaseonwhichtosupportfuturescientificproposals.

Public Health Relevance

AfricanAmericanwomenhavelowerincidenceofovariancancerbutmuchworsesurvivalthanwhitewomen. Whileaccesstoappropriatetreatmentislikelyamajorcontributor,itdoesnotcompletelyexplaindifferencesin survivalbyrace.Weproposetoharmonizedatafromsixexistingepidemiologicstudiestoexaminedifferences inriskfactorexposuresthatmayexplainriskdifferencesinincidence,andtoexamineriskandprognostic factorstoevaluatetheircontributiontodisparitiesinsurvival.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01CA207260-02
Application #
9443604
Study Section
Cancer, Heart, and Sleep Epidemiology A Study Section (CHSA)
Program Officer
Gallicchio, Lisa M
Project Start
2017-04-01
Project End
2021-03-31
Budget Start
2018-04-01
Budget End
2019-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Virginia
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
065391526
City
Charlottesville
State
VA
Country
United States
Zip Code
22904
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