Refinement of the basis and impact of common 11q23.1 variation to the risk of developing colorectal cancer

Published date: 27 August 2008

Additional Information: Funding Information: Cancer Research UK provided principal funding for this study. Institute of Cancer Research: Additional funding was provided by the European Union (CPRB LSHC-CT-2004-503465), the Bobby Moore Fund, CORE and the Thomas Falknor Fund. I.C. was in receipt of a clinical training fellowship from St. George’s Hospital Medical School. London Institute: Additional funding was provided by CORE and the Bobby Moore Fund. Barcelona: We are sincerely grateful to all patients participating in this study that were recruited in 25 Spanish hospitals as part of the EPI-COLON project. This work was supported by grants from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (03/0070, 05/0071 and 05/ 2031), from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (SAF 04-07190 and 07-64873), the Asociación Española contra el Cáncer, from Merck, Co, from the Xunta de Galicia (PGI-DIT07PXIB9101209PR), from Fundacion Olga Torres (S.C.-B.), and from Fundación de Investigación Médica Mútua Madrileña (C.R.-P.). CIBEREHD and CIBERER are funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. S.C.-B. is supported by a contract from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (CP 03-0070, Ministerio de Sanidad). Extremadura: Work was supported by grants FIS 051056 and RD07/0064/ 0016 from Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Finland: This work was supported by grants from Academy of Finland (Finnish Centre of Excellence Program 2006–2011), the Finnish Cancer Society, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation and the European Commission 9LSHG-CT-2004-512142). Heidelberg: Supported by Deutsche Krebshilfe and the Swedish Cancer Society. Kiel: This study was supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research through the National Genome Research Network through the POPGEN biobank project (01GS0426, 01GR0468) and the Medical Faculty, Kiel. The SHIP recuit-ment project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (ZZ9603), the Ministry of Cultural Affairs as well as the Social Ministry of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Leiden: DFCCS was supported by Dutch Cancer Society grant UL2005-3247 and approved by the local Medical Ethical Committee (protocol P01.019); samples were handled according to Code Proper Secondary Use of Human Tissue by the Dutch Federation of Medical Sciences (www.federa.org). Madrid: Work was supported by the Fondo Investigacion Sanitaria (PI070316 and RD06/0020/0021). Melbourne: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study is supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants 209057, 251533 and 396414 and receives core funding and infrastructure support from the The Cancer Council Victoria. J.L.H. is a NHMRC Australia Fellow and M.C.S. is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. We would like to acknowledge Mr Fabrice Odefrey for performing the genotyping. Prague: Supported by the grant GACR 310/07/1430.

Local EPrints ID: 469600

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/469600

DOI: doi:10.1093/hmg/ddn267

ISSN: 0964-6906

PURE UUID: 8017d9ca-e033-4493-8aba-583496898388

ORCID for Anneke Lucassen: orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-4338

Date deposited: 21 Sep 2022 16:33

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