This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Description
Subject area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical Genetics, Cancer and Oncology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Lund University, Faculty of Medicine
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0104
Description
Time period(s) investigated
1993 — ongoing
Unit of analysis
Population
The population includes all men and women, tested for mutation BRCA1 or 2 in the southern health region since 1993.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical Genetics, Cancer and Oncology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Is part of collection at SND
Antoniou AC, Spurdle AB, Sinilnikova OM, Healey S, Pooley KA, Schmutzler RK, et al. Common breast cancer-predisposition alleles are associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Apr;82(4):937-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.02.008.
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Osorio A, Milne RL, Pita G, Peterlongo P, Heikkinen T, Simard J, et al. Evaluation of a candidate breast cancer associated SNP in ERCC4 as a risk modifier in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/BRCA2 (CIMBA). Br J Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;101(12):2048-54. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605416.
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Håkan Olsson - Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, The Division of Oncology and Pathology
Description
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection: 1993
Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 1993
Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples
Number of individuals/objects
1200