Working Groups
Details
ILCCO is organized in working groups that promote collaborative projects in specific areas of lung cancer research. Participation in all working groups is open to all ILCCO members. Members who are interested in participating in working group activities, please contact the coordinators.

Working group Current Coordinators Projects
Genetic Suceptibility



Margaret Spitz, Paul Brennan
Simone Benhamou, Rayjean Hung
(i)Pooled analysis on DNA repair pathway (see details) published, 2008
(ii) Coordinated genotyping of top 10 variants (see details) manuscript in press
(iii) Replications of loci identified from GWAS of lung cancer (see details) manuscript under revision
Young onset and Family History
Ann Schwartz, Neil Caporaso (i) Pooled analysis on family history (see details) on going
(ii) Whole genome association study on familial cases (see details)
Never smokers
Zuo-Feng Zhang,
Qing Lan
(i)Pooled Analysis on ETS on going
(ii)Pooled Analysis on Indoor Air Pollution (see details) manuscript in preparation
Rare Histology
Paolo Boffetta, R.Hung Attributable fraction of tobacco on histological subtypes. manuscript submitted
Occupation and interaction with genetic factors
Isabelle Stucker, Paolo Boffetta, David Christiani Occupational risk factors of lung cancer and their interaction with genetic factors (see details) on going
Somatic Mutation
Pierre Hainaut In planning stage
Statistics Heike Bickeboller, Carol Etzel Risk Model Validation (see details)
Medical condition
Rayjean Hung, Eric Duell, Heike Bickeboller, Paolo Boffetta Pooled analysis of medical condition, NSAID usage and lung cancer risk (see details) on going
Survival, Treatment and Pharmacogenetics
Maria T.Landi & Xifeng Wu Genetic, clinical, and environmental determinants of outcome from lung cancer (see details)

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