The study plans to enroll 20,000 Asian Americans participants ages 30-75 who have never been diagnosed with cancer and follow them for decades. Cedar-Sinai, the largest center involved, is tasked with enrolling 4,680, according to an Oct. 7 news release from the health system.
Other institutions participating in the study are Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis, UC Irvine, Los Angeles-based UCLA, Honolulu-based University of Hawaii, Philadelphia-based Temple University and Philadelphia-based Jefferson University, according to a May 21 news release from UCSF.