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CanPath at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference Community Event
CanPath and Atlantic PATH are excited to participate in the upcoming Canadian Cancer Research Conference Community Event, “Cancer: Prevention, Treatment & You.” Our team members are looking forward to meeting…
Dr. Robin Urquhart at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference
…Cancer Society Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, with cross-appointments in the Department of Surgery and Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie…
Quantifying the Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Incident Cancer Cases: Application to the CARTaGENE Cohort
This study evaluated the 5-year predictivity of an 18-single nucleotide polymorphism PRS for incident breast cancer cases in the CARTaGENE cohort using pseudo R^2 indices. It concluded that the proposed…
The National Cancer Institute Cohort Consortium: An International Pooling Collaboration of 58 Cohorts from 20 Countries
The NCI Cohort Consortium was founded in 2001 and brings together 58 cancer epidemiology cohorts from 20 countries to undertake large-scale pooling research. This article outlines the structure, governance, methods…
Perceived Susceptibility to Developing Cancer and Cancer Screening Behaviour: A Longitudinal Analysis of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project
Using data from the ATP cohort, this thesis asked the research questions: 1) Is PS to developing cancer associated with the incidence of mammography, prostate-specific antigen, sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy screening…
Bailleurs de fonds et commanditaires
…des partenaires suivants: Partenariat canadien contre le cancer Génome Canada Alberta Cancer Foundation Gouvernement de l’Alberta Génome Québec Institut ontarien de recherche sur le cancer Société canadienne du cancer Institutions…
Understanding gene by environment interactions in cancer incidence
…to certain cancers. This study aligns with CanPath’s mission by addressing air pollution as a major public health concern and examining its potential impact on cancer risk. By analyzing participants’…
Comprendre les interactions entre les gènes et l'environnement dans l'incidence du cancer
Notre étude examine l’impact de la pollution atmosphérique, en particulier des particules fines appelées PM2,5, sur le développement de divers cancers. Nous avons déjà étudié cette relation dans d’autres pays,…
Depression, anxiety, and the risk of cancer: An individual participant data meta-analysis
…anxiety, and the incidence of various cancer types. They found that depression and anxiety are not related to increased risk for most cancer outcomes, except for lung and smoking-related cancers….
Mental health, cancer risk, and the mediating role of lifestyle factors in the CARTaGENE cohort study
…disorders, all cancers, and lung cancer risk, except for anxiety and lung cancer in women, where associations were lower when adjusting for sociodemographics, health and lifestyle. The study also found…