Breast and Colon Cancer Family Registries

About Colon CFR: Goals and Objectives

Goals:

• to contribute to the development of public health measures for the general population by increasing knowledge on genetic factors affecting cancer susceptibility and modification by environmental and lifestyle factors
• to protect those with increased susceptibility from developing cancer
• to provide life-prolonging treatment to genetically susceptible individuals

Objectives:

• to establish a comprehensive research resource infrastructure to assist with the implementation of collaborative, interdisciplinary research protocols in the genetic epidemiology of cancer
• to identify, characterize, and follow-up a cohort of individuals and their family members, spanning the spectrum of cancer risk
• to identify diverse genetically susceptible populations that could benefit from enrollment in preventive and therapeutic interventions
• to develop an adaptive and evolving informatics model to support ongoing and future research consortia