Background Children with high-risk neuroblastoma have a poor outcome. In this study, we
assessed whether myeloablative therapy in conjunction with transplantation of autologous …

BACKGROUND The International Neuroblastoma Pathology Committee, which is comprised
of six member pathologists, was convened with the objective of proposing a prognostically …

This article discusses the asymptotic behavior of likelihood ratio tests for nonzero variance
components in the longitudinal mixed effects linear model described by Laird and Ware (1982…

The authors describe the design and implementation of a large multiethnic cohort established
to study diet and cancer in the United States. They detail the source of the subjects, …

… z 30 o a: … James Slater, Robert Withey, and Daniel Zorbini. These data wereprepared
for analysis by Steve Fick, Peter Severance, and William Turner. Susan Briggs, Dean Harris …

Background There is remarkable variation in the incidence of lung cancer among ethnic and
racial groups in the United States. Methods We investigated differences in the risk of lung …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have laid the foundation for investigations into the
biology of complex traits, drug development and clinical guidelines. However, the majority …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and large-scale replication studies have identified
common variants in 79 loci associated with breast cancer, explaining ∼14% of the familial …

After the recent discovery that common genetic variation in 8q24 influences inherited risk of
prostate cancer, we genotyped 2,973 SNPs in up to 7,518 men with and without prostate …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 76 variants associated with
prostate cancer risk predominantly in populations of European ancestry. To identify additional …