Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women.

In this eBook, we described the accomplishments, collaborative projects and future initiatives in the field of breast cancer genetic predisposition.

In the first, 100 AJ controls were genotyped using Affymetrix 500K and 100K SNP arrays; these experiments proved that the work was feasible and that high quality data could be generated using these reagents, and provided the data to ...

This book reviews the dramatic expansion of breast cancer awareness and screening, examining the capabilities and limitations of current and emerging technologies for breast cancer detection and their effectiveness at actually reducing ...

Assesses the evidence that three marketed gene expression-based assays improve prognostic accuracy, treatment choice, and health outcomes in women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.

This volume will explore the latest findings in research into the genetics of breast and reproductive cancers, covering the epidemiological aspects of these cancers, their etiology, the effect of environment on genes and cancer etiology, ...

[Truncated abstract] Antenatal, early life, childhood and midlife factors have been consistently associated with the development of breast cancer suggesting that there are sensitive periods for the origins of breast carcinogenesis.

The Handbook of Statistical Genomics is an excellent introductory text for advanced graduate students and early-career researchers involved in statistical genetics.

Many complex human diseases are associated with genetic factors.