Fred Hutch researchers receive $7.9 million grant to study genetics of esophageal cancer
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded $7.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the genetics of esophageal cancer.
The three-year project will study genetic information from more than 7,000 people to identify genetic markers that may be linked to esophageal cancer and a precancerous condition called Barrett’s esophagus.
Researchers hope that identifying such genes will help scientists understand how such cancers develop and lead to new ways to screen, treat and prevent these cancers.
Dr. Thomas Vaughan, head of the Epidemiology Program in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and David Whiteman, Ph.D., a senior research fellow at Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane, Australia, will conduct a genome association study
The Hutchinson Center’s Genomics Resource will do the genotyping for the study.
Bruce Weir, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health will lead the statistical analysis team.
To learn more:
- Visit the National Library of Medicine’s Web pages on Esophageal Cancer and Barrett’s Esophagus.
- Visit the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s information page on Esophageal Cancer.
