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Breast and Colon Cancer Family Registries
About Breast 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
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