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1. Protocol for the CHINT study: a cross-sectional observational study of risk factors for cancer and other non-communicable diseases in the Chinese community of Milan

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Giovanni Apolone, Valeria Pala, Ming Lu, Alice Avancini, Hao Jing, Ji Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Giuliana Gargano, Vittorio Krogh, Sabina Sieri, Ivan Baldassari, and Francesca Romana Mussa

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Medicine
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Introduction The Chinese community in Italy is the largest in Europe. The area of Milan hosts the largest Chinese Italian community—about 41 000 people. Since little is known of the health practices of Chinese persons in Italy, we designed the CHINT study (survey of risk factors for cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Chinese community of Milan) to investigate lifestyle-related risk factors for these diseases in this community. We expect the study to reveal potentially unhealthy lifestyle behaviours that may be addressed in future prevention programmes.Methods and analysis The CHINT study is a cross-sectional study on a sample of around 600 adults recruited from the Chinese community of Milan and surrounding areas. The non-random sample is clustered by age, sex, occupation and socioeconomic characteristics and is being recruited with the active cooperation of stakeholders within the Chinese community. The study employs face-to-face meetings, text messaging and WeChat. At the first recruitment meeting, participants’ physical measurements are taken and a lifestyle questionnaire is administered which enquires about physical activity, the consumption of salt, fruit and vegetables, tobacco and alcohol, and the presence of other risk factors for NCDs. A food frequency questionnaire is in preparation. By analysis of physical data and the results of the two questionnaires, the prevalence and distribution of NCD risk factors, and characteristics associated with these factors, will be identified. Factors associated with recruitment and compliance/retention will be investigated to identify predictors of willingness to participate future intervention studies.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the ethics committee of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy. All participants are required to provide written informed consent. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scientific publications, conferences and public meetings involving the Chinese community and the lay public.

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2024
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2. Community-based participatory research to improve life quality and clinical outcomes of patients with breast cancer (DianaWeb in Umbria pilot study)

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Franco Berrino, Eleonora Bruno, Anna Villarini, Alessandra Borgo, Chiara Lanari, Tiziana Marzulli, Massimo Moretti, Milena Villarini, Vincenza Gianfredi, Giuliana Gargano, Daniele Nucci, Villarini, Milena, Lanari, Chiara, Nucci, Daniele, Gianfredi, Vincenza, Marzulli, Tiziana, Berrino, Franco, Borgo, Alessandra, Bruno, Eleonora, Gargano, Giuliana, Moretti, Massimo, and Villarini, Anna

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Gerontology, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Status, Participatory action research, Community-based participatory research, Breast Neoplasms, Pilot Projects, Breast cancer recurrences, 03 medical and health sciences, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), Breast cancer, Cost of Illness, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Protocol, Life-style prescriptions, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Medical prescription, Exercise, Life Style, Preventive healthcare, business.industry, Public health, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Diet, Oncology, Italy, Research Design, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Quality of Life, Female, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, business, Breast cancer recurrences, Community-based participatory research, Life-style prescriptions
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INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer in Europe and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has estimated over 460 000 incident cases per year. Survival among patients with BC has increased in the past decades and EUROCARE-5 has estimated a 5-year relative survival rate of 82% for patients diagnosed in 2000-2007. There is growing evidence that lifestyle (such as a diet based on Mediterranean principles associated with moderate physical activity) may influence prognosis of BC; however, this information is not currently available to patients and is not considered in oncology protocols. Only a few epidemiological studies have investigated the role of diet in BC recurrence and metastasis. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: DianaWeb is a community-based participatory research dedicated to patients with BC and represents a collaborative effort between participants and research institutions to determine if specified changes in lifestyle would result in improved outcomes in terms of quality of life or survival. The aim of the study is to recruit a large number of participants, to monitor their lifestyle and health status over time, to provide them tips to encourage sustainable lifestyle changes, to analyse clinical outcomes as a function of baseline risk factors and subsequent changes, and to share with patients methodologies and results. DianaWeb uses a specific interactive website (http://www.dianaweb.org/) and, with very few exceptions, all communications will be made through the web. In this paper we describe the pilot study, namely DianaWeb in Umbria. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: DianaWeb does not interfere with prescribed oncological treatments; rather, it recommends that participants should follow the received prescriptions. The results will be used to plan guidelines for nutrition and physical activity for patients with BC. The pilot study was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Perugia (reference number 2015-002), and is supported by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia (2013.0185 021). Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ KEYWORDS: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

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2016
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