Breast and Colon Cancer Family Registries

About Breast CFR: Goals and Objectives

Goals:

to contribute to the development of public health measures for the general population by increasing knowledge on genetic factors affecting cancer susceptibility and modification by environmental and lifestyle factors
to protect those with increased susceptibility from developing cancer
to provide life-prolonging treatment to genetically susceptible individuals

Objectives:

to establish a comprehensive research resource infrastructure to assist with the implementation of collaborative, interdisciplinary research protocols in the genetic epidemiology of cancer
to identify, characterize, and follow-up a cohort of individuals and their family members, spanning the spectrum of cancer risk
to identify diverse genetically susceptible populations that could benefit from enrollment in preventive and therapeutic interventions
to develop an adaptive and evolving informatics model to support ongoing and future research consortia