Complex statistical analyses of genome-wide association studies related to breast and prostate cancers using high performance supercomputing

乳腺癌和前列腺癌是澳大利亚女性和男性中最常见的癌症。对全基因组关联（GWAS）研究的简单分析只能解释这些癌症家族遗传的一小部分原因。墨尔本大学现在有一台超级计算机，可以进行更复杂的分析。我们将把这些应用到全球乳腺癌和前列腺癌的GWAS数据中。我们希望更多地了解这些癌症的原因，并扩大澳大利亚在超级计算机方面的专家队伍。

Breast and prostate cancers are the most common cancers in Australian women and men. Simple analyses of genome-wide association (GWAS) studies explain only a fraction of why these cancers run in families. The University of Melbourne now has a supercomputer that can conduct much more complex analyses. We will apply these to the world’s GWAS data for breast and prostate cancers. We hope to learn more about the causes of these cancers, and expand an expert Australian workforce in supercomputing.