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Study center Saarbruecken
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C.1 Annex: Description of the study centers
Table 1: Overview of participating institutions and investigators/scientists
Table 7: Overview of participating institutions and investigators/scientists
Institution
Town
Principal investigator
Institute/department/division
e-mail
Institution
Town
Co-principal investigator
Institute/department/division
e-mail
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
69120 Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Hermann Brenner
Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research
h.brenner@dkfz.de
Saarland Cancer Registry
66024 Saarbruecken
Dipl. med. inform.Christa Stegmaier, R’din
krebsregister@gbe-ekr.saarland.de
Description of the institutions responsible for establishing and operating the study
center
The main areas of research at the division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging research
at DKFZ include clinical cancer epidemiology, epidemiology of chronic age-related
diseases, and epidemiologic methods. In the field of clinical cancer epidemiology, the division
conducts large-scale epidemiologic studies on new avenues of more effective cancer
prevention and early detection, and on issues of quality of medical care, prognosis, and
quality of life of cancer patients. In the field of aging research, multiple large-scale, population-based
and patient cohort studies are run in cooperation with regional public health
and clinical partners. The division is actively involved in multiple national and international
research consortia, such as the EU-funded Consortium on Health and Aging: Network of
Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES), or the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
The division has extensive experience with external study centers, including a
long-standing study center located in Saarbruecken next to the Saarland Cancer Registry,
where long-term follow-up of statewide cohorts in Saarland is conducted.
The well-established statewide Saarland Cancer registry and its excellent working relations
with clinical and pathology partners, in particular those of the Medical Faculty of the University
of Saarland, provide an excellent basis for specialized baseline and follow-up examinations
and for follow-up of participants with respect to cancer incidence and validation of diagnoses.
Description of the study center Saarbruecken
The study center Saarbruecken will be run as an external study center of DKFZ’s Division of
Clinical Epidemiology and Cancer Research headed by H. Brenner. It will be affiliated with
the Saarland Cancer Registry at the Ministry for Health and Consumer Protection and will
be located in Saarbruecken, the state capital of Saarland. At this site, 10,000 inhabitants
of the city of Saarbruecken and surrounding counties will be recruited. The location of the
site in Saarbruecken guarantees good accessibility for the inhabitants of the city of Saarbruecken
and adjacent counties.
The close affiliation to the renowned Saarland Cancer Registry will facilitate the recruitment
and will be instrumental for efficient follow-up of study participants, in particular for
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