Z01 CP004410 (Z01) | |||
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Title | Family Studies | ||
Institution | NCI, Bethesda, MD | ||
Principal Investigator | Tucker | NCI Program Director | N/A |
Cancer Activity | N/A | Division | DCEG |
Funded Amount | $2,848,830 | Project Dates | 01/01/1965 - N/A |
Fiscal Year | 2007 | Project Type | Intramural |
Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance | Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance | ||
Agent Orange/Dioxin Related (1.132%) Autoimmune Diseases (3.236%) Biochemical Epidemiology (1.955%) Childhood Cancers (2.937%) Contraception and Reproduction Research (0.771%) Neurofibromatosis (2.994%) |
Bladder (0.196%) Brain (2.802%) Breast (0.422%) Central Nervous System - Not Including Brain (0.406%) Colon/Rectum (2.437%) Eye (0.305%) Hodgkins disease (3.204%) Leukemia (17.564%) Lung (0.65%) Melanoma (28.998%) Non Hodgkins lymphoma (11.803%) Pancreas (1.391%) Pharynx (0.098%) Prostate (0.288%) Stomach (0.098%) Urinary System (0.196%) Uterine (1.99%) |
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Research Type | |||
Endogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer Interactions of Genes and/or Genetic Polymorphisms with Exogenous and/or Endogenous Factors |
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Abstract | |||
Most Genetic Epidemiology Branch investigations evaluate the contributions of host susceptibility and environmental exposure in the development of cancer. In family studies, the host susceptibility measure is frequently an alteration in specific gene(s). |