Shanghai Cohort Study (SCS)
SCS is a prospective cancer epidemiology cohort of 18,244 male residents of Shanghai, China, who were aged 45-64 years at recruitment in 1986-89. Since baseline, surviving participants have been followed up for the occurrence of cancer, death, and major health outcomes through linkage as well as with in-person interviews on an annual basis from 1990 to 2012, and biannually since 2013.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
18,244 (participants)
Age at first data collection
45 - 64 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1986
Primary Institutions
Shanghai Cancer Hospital (上海市肿瘤医院) (Healthcare/Medical, China)
University of Pittsburgh (Academic, United States of America)
Links
exposome-explorer.iarc.fr/cohorts/101
web.archive.org/web/20241104181609/https://www.schs.pitt.edu/methods/shanghai-cohort-study/
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (Government, United States of America)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Government, United States of America)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
