FAMILIAL CANCER AND PREVENTION

描述：（申请人的描述）在细胞水平上，所有的癌症 是遗传的，几乎每一种癌症偶尔会发生过度， 家庭 来自微生物遗传学和人类基因组的分子工具 项目正在深入研究癌症集群，包括 家庭 癌症的环境和先天决定因素 在理论上，可以通过研究 家族性癌症 作为UICC家族性癌症项目的一个组成部分， “家族性癌症与易感性--分子流行病学"专题讨论会 癌症控制新战略”将于1997年5月13日至16日在科比举行， 日本 其目的是综合国家的最先进的知识， 该领域，以及召集来自不同领域的国际研究领导人， 包括临床肿瘤学、分子遗传学和 致癌作用，医学和人类遗传学，遗传咨询，肿瘤学 护理，流行病学，病理学，癌症控制预防，伦理学， 心理学和教育。 目的是总结和解释 目前对常见癌症的了解，包括其分子基础， 全球控制的前景和值得新的领域 调查和跨国研究， 跨学科和国际合作。 科学计划 包括2 1/2天密集的多模式教育，与全体 讲座，三组三个平行的研讨会，计算机演示， 海报展示，以及小组讨论， 一个研究议程将会出现。 为了补充日本的资金， 本次研讨会，本申请要求资金为10 14美国非联邦 科学家 这次国际研讨会的一个创新方面是 解放了美国独特的遗传学职业， 辅导 无论家族性癌症或癌症风险分析计划在哪里， 在美国，遗传咨询师也参与其中。 一个有竞争力的部分 奖学金将使少数民族申请人和遗传顾问参加 否则他们可能无法这样做。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) At the cellular level, all cancers are genetic and virtually every cancer occasionally occurs to excess in families. Molecular tools from microbial genetics and the human genome project are y i e l d ing insights into clusters of cancer, including in families. Environmental and inborn determinants of cancer are being delineated and can, in theory, be controlled as a result of studies of familial cancer. As an element of a UICC program on familial cancer a symposium, "Familial Cancer and Predisposition -- Molecular Epidemiology: A New Strategy towards Cancer Control," will be held May 13-16, 1997, in Kobe, Japan. The purpose is to synthesize the state-of-the-art knowledge in the field, as well as to convene international research leaders from diverse disciplines including clinical oncology, molecular genetics and carcinogenesis, medical and human genetics, genetic counseling, oncology nursing, epidemiology, pathology, cancer control prevention, ethics, psychology, and education. The goal is to summarize and interpret the current understanding of familiar cancer, including its molecular basis and the prospects toward worldwide control and areas that deserve new investigations and transnational research that would befit from interdisciplinary and international collaborations. The scientific program consists of 2 1/2 days of intense multi modal education, with plenary lectures, three sets of three parallel workshops, computer demonstrations, poster displays, and small group discussions with reports and synthesis from which a research agenda will emerge. To complement the Japanese funding of this symposium, this application requests funds for 10 14 US non-Federal scientists. An innovative aspect of this international symposium is the d e liberate engagement of the uniquely American profession of genetic counseling. Wherever familial cancer or cancer risk analysis program are emerging in the US, genetic counselors are involved. A competitive partial scholarship will enable minority applicants and genetic counselors to attend who might not otherwise be able to do so.