| Description |
105 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Collection |
Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Monographs,
0027-8874 ; no. 26
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| Notes |
Caption title. |
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Shipping list no.: 2001-0121-P. |
| With: |
Bound With: National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference on Breast Cancer Screening for Women Ages 40-49 : proceedings of a conference held at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, January 21-23, 1997 / conference sponsors, National Cancer Institute, Office of Medical Applications of Research, NIH ; conference cosponsors, National Institute on Aging, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- I. Gene discovery panel -- Discovery of cancer susceptibility genes: study designs, analytic approaches, and trends in technology -- II. Gene characterization panel -- Design of gene characterization studies: on overview -- Case-control studies of common alleles and environmental factors -- Family-based associations studies -- Cohort studies for characterizing measured genes -- Multistage sampling for disease family registries -- Detection of interaction involving identified genes: available study designs - Kin-cohort designs for gene characterization -- III. Integration panel -- Study design in genetic epidemiology: theoretical and practical considerations -- Integrated designs for gene discovery and characterization -- IV. Applications panel -- Confirmation of prostate cancer susceptibility genes using high-risk families -- Study-design issues in the development of the University of Southern California consortium's colorectal cancer family registry -- Design and analysis issues in a population-based, case-control-family study of the genetic epidemiology of breast cancer and the co-operative family registry for breast cancer studies (CFRBCS) -- Combined influence of genetic and dietary factors on colorectal cancer incidence in Japanese Americans. |
| Sujet |
Cancer -- Genetic aspects -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
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Cancer -- Epidemiology -- Congresses.
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Genetic epidemiology -- Congresses.
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Neoplasms -- epidemiology -- Congresses.
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Neoplasms -- genetics -- Congresses.
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Genetics, Medical -- Congresses.
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| Autre Auteur |
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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| ISBN |
0199224803 (pbk.) |
| No Doc. Officiel |
0507-L |
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HE 20.3162/3:26 |
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