Molecular Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Korean Women

Abstract

This project is testing the hypothesis that populations of women with significantly different demographic characteristics may not only have different incidences of breast cancers, but also different types of breast cancers. We are testing this hypothesis by examining gene expression profiles of breast cancers from two populations that differ apparently by only a single major variable: age. Specifically, we are measuring gene expression profiles by gene array technology and by immunohistochemistry in breast cancer tissues from young and elderly Korean women. Recently published studies have shown that this approach has great potential for classifying breast cancer at the molecular level. Korean breast cancers have been selected for tijis project because there is much less cultural and genetic diversity in the Korean population than in the North American population.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420125

Entities

People

  • Edward W. Gabrielson

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Classification
  • Electronic Mail
  • Epidemiology
  • Maryland
  • Monitoring
  • Neoplasms
  • Security
  • Universities

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology