Abstract

This contract is for a series of collaborative epidemiological studies of cancer risk among Japanese A-bomb survivors, using resources of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Objectives include: identification of specific studies; identification of collaborating scientists; preparation of research protocols and study designs; collection of data; data analysis; and report preparation. For the period of this report, studies of interest included surveys of breast, lung, thyroid, and colorectal cancer, and laboratory studies of culturedskin fibroblasts from cancer cases and controls.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CP001012-010
Application #
3625809
Study Section
Project Start
1979-11-19
Project End
1987-05-31
Budget Start
1985-12-01
Budget End
1986-11-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
National Academy of Sciences
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Washington
State
DC
Country
United States
Zip Code
20418

  Publications

Leonhard, Wouter N; Happe, Hester; Peters, Dorien J M (2016) Variable Cyst Development in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Biologic Context. J Am Soc Nephrol 27:3530-3538
Strohsnitter, William C; Hatch, Elizabeth E; Hyer, Marianne et al. (2008) The association between in utero cigarette smoke exposure and age at menopause. Am J Epidemiol 167:727-33
Titus-Ernstoff, Linda; Troisi, Rebecca; Hatch, Elizabeth E et al. (2008) Offspring of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES): a preliminary report of benign and malignant pathology in the third generation. Epidemiology 19:251-7
Perez, Kimberly M; Titus-Ernstoff, Linda; Hatch, Elizabeth E et al. (2005) Reproductive outcomes in men with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. Fertil Steril 84:1649-56
Strohsnitter, William C; Noller, Kenneth L; Titus-Ernstoff, Linda et al. (2005) Breast cancer incidence in women prenatally exposed to maternal cigarette smoke. Epidemiology 16:342-5
Tokunaga, M; Land, C E; Yamamoto, T et al. (1987) Incidence of female breast cancer among atomic bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1950-1980. Radiat Res 112:243-72