The Bloom's Syndrome Registry is comprised of most of the bona fide cases of Bloom's syndrome (BS) that have been recognized since 1954, when the condition first was described. The Registry was developed, and its maintenance in the coming years is proposed, primarily because of one particular clinical feature of the syndrome, to wit, cancer proneness. The Registry has become a vehicle for the surveillance of the world's BS population with respect to the incidence, age of onset, and distribution of types of neoplasia, in both affected homozygotes and in heterozygotes (carriers of the BS gene, who appear phenotypically normal). Already the data suggest that of the known recessively-transmitted genetic disorders that predispose to cancer BS does so most strongly. Furthermore, the distribution of types of cancers may be similar to that in the general population. Simultaneously, information on the natural course of BS (interesting in several ways) is being accumulated. Also, the family contacts provide a source of specimens, such as blood cells, tissue culture cell lines, and tumor DNA for use in other studies. In one respect, then, the Registry, in being a central repository for information on a affected families throughout the world, may be viewed as a research resource. Support is requested not for a research project in the usual sense but for maintenance of the Bloom's Syndrome Registry itself, i.e., to monitor a cancer-prone population, one that is small but unusually interesting for several disciplines (e.g., oncology, immunology, cytogenetics, and DNA metabolism).

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01CA038036-03
Application #
3176034
Study Section
Epidemiology and Disease Control Subcommittee 3 (EDC)
Project Start
1984-07-01
Project End
1989-05-31
Budget Start
1986-06-01
Budget End
1987-05-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
New York Blood Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10065
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German, J; Passarge, E (1989) Bloom's syndrome. XII. Report from the Registry for 1987. Clin Genet 35:57-69
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German, J; Takebe, H (1989) Bloom's syndrome. XIV. The disorder in Japan. Clin Genet 35:93-110
German, J (1988) Gonadal dimorphism explained as a dosage effect of a locus on the sex chromosomes, the gonad-differentiation locus (GDL). Am J Hum Genet 42:414-21
German, J; Schonberg, S; Caskie, S et al. (1987) A test for Fanconi's anemia. Blood 69:1637-41
Rosin, M P; German, J (1985) Evidence for chromosome instability in vivo in Bloom syndrome: increased numbers of micronuclei in exfoliated cells. Hum Genet 71:187-91