Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Description
Purpose:
The study will be used as a reference population in genetic studies and in studies on biomarkers.
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Lund University, Faculty of MedicineEthics Review
Lund
Unit of analysis
Population
The population is based on spouses of cancer patients at the Oncology Clinic at Lund University Hospital.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2007-01-01–ongoing
Biobank is connected to the study
Yes
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical Genetics, Clinical Medicine, Cancer and Oncology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Broberg K, Höglund M, Gustafsson C, Björk J, Ingvar C, Albin M, Olsson H. Genetic variant of the human homologous recombination-associated gene RMI1 (S455N) impacts the risk of AML/MDS and malignant melanoma. Cancer Lett. 2007 Dec 8;258(1):38-44.
Broberg K, Huynh E, Schläwicke Engström K, Björk J, Albin M, Ingvar C, Olsson H, Höglund M. Association between polymorphisms in RMI1, TOP3A, and BLM and risk of cancer, a case-control study. BMC Cancer. 2009 May 11;9:140.
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Description
Data collection is ongoing. The study is planned to include 5,000 individuals.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Time period(s) investigated
2007-01-01–ongoing
Number of individuals/objects
1500
Response rate/participation rate
>99 %