2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Childhood Leukemia Consortium

描述（申请人提供）：白血病是儿童中最常见的癌症。然而，这种疾病的相对罕见性使得对环境和遗传风险因素的研究具有挑战性。2007年，一群来自10个国家的独立国际研究人员成立了儿童白血病国际联盟（CLIC），以克服个体研究的局限性，并支持研究儿童白血病病因的联合研究项目。CLIC联盟的年度会议为CLIC研究人员和其他成员提供了一个重要的机会，以发展和讨论合作分析和未来的项目。这些年度面对面会议允许建立和发展来自不同国家的研究人员之间的合作关系。他们还为现有和未来的研究提供了一个讨论、发展和追求新的研究方向的论坛。具体来说，2012年CLIC年会将为与会者提供以下机会：2.为所有追求合作研究的成员举办工作会议，并为汇集分析提出建议。讨论在CLIC的各种研究中的数据协调，以及访问CLIC的数据协调中心，以存放、组织、存储和传播汇集的数据，以及2。讨论新的科学假设，遗传研究的前沿技术，汇集分析的方法问题，以及其他新兴兴趣的主题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Leukemia is the most commonly occurring cancer among children. However, the relative rarity of the disease makes the study of the environmental and genetic risk factors challenging. A group of independent, international researchers from ten countries established the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) in 2007 to overcome the limitations of individual studies, and support combined research projects to investigate the etiology of childhood leukemia. The annual meetings of the CLIC consortium provide an important opportunity for CLIC investigators and other members, to develop and discuss collaborative analyses and future projects. These annual in person meetings allow building and developing collegial working relationships among researchers from different countries. They also provide a forum for discussion, development, and pursuit of new research directions for existing and future studies. Specifically, the 2012 CLIC Annual Meeting will provide attendees with the opportunities to: 1. Conduct working sessions for all members pursuing collaborative studies and develop proposals for pooled analyses, 2. Discuss data harmonization across the various studies in CLIC and access to a data coordinating center for CLIC, for the deposition, organization, storage, and dissemination of pooled data, and 3. Discuss novel scientific hypotheses, cutting edge techniques in genetic studies, methodologic issues in pooled analyses, and other topics of emerging interest. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Although leukemia is the most frequent cancer occurring among children, its relative rarity makes the study of environmental and genetic risk factors challenging. The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) consists of a group of independent and international researchers who are committed to pooling resources and data with the ultimate goal of understanding the causes of childhood leukemia and identifying targets for intervention and prevention. The annual meetings of the CLIC consortium provides an opportunity for CLIC investigators, and other members, to develop collaborative projects and data analyses; build collegial working relationships among researchers from different countries; provide guidance and forums for discussion, development, and pursuit of new research directions.