2015
The Glioma International Case-Control Study: A Report From the Genetic Epidemiology of Glioma International Consortium
Amirian ES, Armstrong GN, Zhou R, Lau CC, Claus EB, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Il'yasova D, Schildkraut J, Ali-Osman F, Sadetzki S, Johansen C, Houlston RS, Jenkins RB, Lachance D, Olson SH, Bernstein JL, Merrell RT, Wrensch MR, Davis FG, Lai R, Shete S, Amos CI, Scheurer ME, Aldape K, Alafuzoff I, Brännström T, Broholm H, Collins P, Giannini C, Rosenblum M, Tihan T, Melin BS, Bondy ML. The Glioma International Case-Control Study: A Report From the Genetic Epidemiology of Glioma International Consortium. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2015, 183: 85-91. PMID: 26656478, PMCID: PMC4706682, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational case-control studyCase-control studyGlioma studiesGlioma International Case-Control StudyFatal brain cancerGenetic epidemiologyEtiological factorsBlood samplesGene-environment interactionsRetrospective exposure assessmentTumor subtypesBrain cancerMultiple data collection sitesSmall sample sizeBiospecimen collectionExposure assessmentInternational ConsortiumEpidemiologyCommon protocolSample sizeData collection sites
2007
GLIOGENE—an International Consortium to Understand Familial Glioma
Malmer B, Adatto P, Armstrong G, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bernstein JL, Claus E, Davis F, Houlston R, Il'yasova D, Jenkins R, Johansen C, Lai R, Lau C, McCarthy B, Nielsen H, Olson SH, Sadetzki S, Shete S, Wiklund F, Wrensch M, Yang P, Bondy M. GLIOGENE—an International Consortium to Understand Familial Glioma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2007, 16: 1730-1734. PMID: 17855690, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-0081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew genomic regionsGlioma familiesSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) approachFamilial gliomaGenomic regionsGlioma genesLinkage analysisGenesPolymorphism approachLinkage studiesInternational ConsortiumNorth AmericaFamilyLi-Fraumeni syndromeFamilial aggregationDevastating cancerLociTurcot syndromeGenetic syndromesConsortiumGliomagenesisInherited factorsType 1GliomasTuberous sclerosis