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Monthly Archive: March 2012

Mar 29

Leveraging Existing Biospecimen Resources to Advance Cancer Epidemiology Research

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March 29, 2012

Genetic and environmental risk factors contribute to the occurrence of most common cancers (1). Moreover, these relationships with cancer risk are complicated by the fact that the spectrum of risk factors may depend on the specific cancer subtype. For example, different genetic loci are associated with risk of specific breast cancer subtypes (2). Beyond genetic …

Tags: Biospecimens, Cancer Family Registry, Cohorts, Consortia, Research Resources

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Permanent link to this article: http://blog-epi.grants.cancer.gov/2012/03/29/leveraging-existing-biospecimen-resources/

Mar 15

Stimulating Fresh Thinking on 21st Century Cancer Epidemiology

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Kickoff - 1st Post

March 15, 2012

This image was created in Wordle using the titles from EGRP's active grants as of February 9, 2012. In order to capture the frequency of other terms, the word 'cancer' was removed from the list of grant titles.

Welcome to the inaugural posting of the “Cancer Epidemiology Matters” blog, published by the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) (1). Our aim is to engage epidemiologists and other scientists, as well as providers, consumers, and policy makers, in helping chart the direction of cancer epidemiology in the 21st century. This …