
Working Groups
Details
ILCCO is organized in project groups that promote collaborative projects in specific areas of lung cancer research. Participation in all project groups is open to all ILCCO members. Members who are interested in participating in working group activities, please contact the project coordinators.
Project groups | Current Coordinators | Projects |
Collider bias and Mendelian Randomization (CMR) |
Cathi Brown, Philip Haycock, Tom Dudding, Geoffrey Liu |
(i) Evaluating change in BMI as a predictor for lung cancer risk (W. Zhou, C. Amos) (see details) Approved 28Mar2019 (ii) Mendelian Randomization Study of BMI, and the Moderating Effects on Inflammation, on Survival of Lung Cancer (G. Liu et al) (see details) Approved 11Jun2019 (iii) Vitamin D and lung cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization study (G. Liu et al)(see details) Approved 11Jun2019 (iv) Physical activity and cancer risk- MR analysis (Baumeister et al). (see details) |
Genetic Susceptibility |
Chris Amos, James McKay, Paul Brennan, Rayjean Hung |
Currently preparing for second wave of CIDR genotyping. Previous work: over 50 publications. See publication list |
Young onset and Family History |
Michele Cote, Ann Schwartz, Rayjean Hung | Pooled analysis on family history (see details) Published 2012 |
Never smokers |
Zuo-Feng Zhang, Qing Lan |
(i)Pooled Analysis on ETS Published 2014, 2015 (ii)Pooled Analysis on Indoor Air Pollution (see details) Published, 2010 |
Light smokers |
Neil Caporaso | Pooled analysis of light smokers: Analysis in planning |
Alcohol |
Rayjean Hung, Zuo-Feng Zhang | Pooled analysis of alcohol: data analysis: Published 2017, 2018 |
Hormone factors |
Isabelle Stucker, Angela Pesatori | (i)Pooled analysis of reproductive history.
Published 2017 (ii)Pooled analysis of hormone related factors: Published 2013 |
Rare Histology |
Paolo Boffetta, Rayjean Hung | Attributable fraction of tobacco on histological subtypes. Published, 2011 |
Occupation and interaction with genetic factors |
David Christiani, Isabelle Stucker, Paolo Boffetta | Occupational risk factors of lung cancer and their interaction with genetic factors (see details) on going |
Statistics | Xihong Lin, Heike Bickebolle | 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) published, 2011 and 2012 |
Survival, Treatment and Pharmacogenetics |
Geoffrey Liu, Maria T.Landi, David Christiani | Genetic, clinical, and environmental determinants of outcome from lung cancer (see details) in planning |