In 2019, a small group of ABC Study participants helped test home-based faecal sample collection. The response was excellent, with many returning samples and completing questionnaires.
More than 22,000 participants have since contributed faecal samples, creating one of the largest gut microbiome datasets in the world to support epidemiological cancer research.
We're inviting ABC Study participants to express interest in joining new Community Advisory Group. Members will help guide the research of the Cancer Epidemiology Division by sharing feedback on research questions and grant applications and contributing to discussions about study priorities and participant experience.
We welcome expressions of interest from participants of all backgrounds.
The third wave of follow-up is due to start next year. A key element involves participants wearing a wrist-worn accelerometer (like a fitness band) to measure movement across the 24-hour day. Data collected will help to provide insights into the role that sleep, sitting and physical activity play in the development of cancer.
Cancer Council's iconic Daffodil Day is returning again this Thursday 21 August, and we'd love for you to join us in powering life-saving cancer research.
Do you know someone who has had a bowel cancer experience or who is an advocate for cancer screening? Cancer Council Victoria are looking for the next bowel screening hero who wants to share their cancer screening story with us.
Cohort studies take time, particularly when looking at cancer as an outcome. It will be several years before the ABC Study has collected enough data to begin analysing them. Here we report on a recent analysis (using data from our older cohort study – Health 2020) examining physical activity as a strategy to reduce the risk of developing cancer.
Researchers do not usually return genetic results to research participants, but there is an ethical duty to offer to do this when the genetic information is relevant to the participant’s health. In this article, we explain the ethical responsibility of research studies to return clinically actionable genetic results to study participants.
Biological samples provided by ABC Study participants are managed by the Precision Medicine team at Biobanking Victoria. Throughout the study, participants have provided saliva, poo and blood samples.