The objective of the contract is to provide support services for a case- control study of cutaneous melanoma conducted in two areas. The contractor is responsible for reproducing and providing data collection forms including the questionnaire, pathology abstracts, medical record abstracts, and physical examination form, and for developing additional data collection instruments as needed. The contractor is responsible for the development of procedures for the identification of all first-degree family members of eligible cases and controls and for contacting and recruiting the identified family members as participants in the study. The contractor is responsible for the training of nurses and interviewers at the participating centers, and overseeing the data collection including the collection and shipment of biologic speciments. The contractor will process the data and deliver the data sets to the NCI for analysis.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CP033049-000
Application #
2305091
Study Section
Project Start
1993-06-30
Project End
1995-06-29
Budget Start
1993-06-30
Budget End
1994-06-29
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1993
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Westat, Inc.
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Rockville
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20850