Genetic EPIdemiology of KIDney cancer
Project Objectives
The main objective of this Research Plan is to understand kidney cancer architecture and study why certain tumors tend to recur often. The Parties will also explore field cancerization effects in tissue samples. Germline material from histologically normal tissue may be used to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and functional characterization of GWAS findings.
Start/End Date
2015 - 2019
Principal Investigators
- Prof. Vito Michele Fazio – Italian coordinator
Host Institution
NIH, National Cancer Institute, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, USA
Other Institutions involved
IRCCS IFO Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Source of funding
NIH Collaboration Agreement