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Table 1 Centers collaborating in BCAC

From: Identification of new genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk. Advances of BCAC, CIMBA and OCAC

Name

Acronym

Country

Australian Breast Cancer Family Study

ABCFS

Australia

Amsterdam Breast Cancer Study

ABCS

Netherlands

Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank

ABCTB

Australia

Asia Cancer Program

ACP

Thailand

Bavarian Breast Cancer Cases and Controls

BBCC

Germany

British Breast Cancer Study

BBCS

UK

Breast Cancer In Galway Genetic Study

BIGGS

Ireland

Breast Cancer Study of the University Clinic Heidelberg

BSUCH

Germany

CECILE Breast Cancer Study

CECILE

France

Copenhagen General Population Study

CGPS

Denmark

Spanish National Cancer Centre Breast Cancer Study

CNIO-BCS

Spain

California Teachers Study

CTS

USA

ESTHER Breast Cancer Study

ESTHER

Germany

ICR Familial Breast Cancer Study

FBCS

UK

German Consortium for Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer

GC-HBOC (GFBCS)

Germany

Gene Environment Interaction and Breast Cancer in Germany

GENICA

Germany

Genetic Epidemiology Study of Breast Cancer by Age 50

GESBC

Germany

Hannover Breast Cancer Study

HABCS (HBCS)

Germany

Helsinki Breast Cancer Study

HEBCS

Finland

Hannover-Minsk Breast Cancer Study

HMBCS

Belarus

Hannover-Ufa Breast Cancer Study

HUBCS

Russia

Karolinska Breast Cancer Study

KARBAC

Sweden

Kuopio Breast Cancer Project

KBCP

Finland

kConFab/AOCS

kConFab/AOCS

Australia

Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Centre

LMBC

Belgium

Mammary Carcinoma Risk Factor Investigation

MARIE

Germany

Milan Breast Cancer Study Group

MBCSG

Italy

Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Study

MCBCS

USA

Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

MCCS

Australia

Multi-ethnic Cohort

MEC

USA

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

MSKCC

USA

Mexican Case Control Study of Breast Cancer

MXCCS

Mexico

Malaysian Breast Cancer Genetic Study

MYBRCA

Malaysia

Norwegian Breast Cancer Study

NBCS

Norway

Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry

NC-BCFR

USA

Nurses Health Study

NHS

USA

Nigerian Breast Cancer Study

NGBCS

Nigeria

Oulu Breast Cancer Study

OBCS

Finland

Ontario Familial Breast Cancer Registry

OFBCR

Canada

Leiden University Medical Centre Breast Cancer Study

ORIGO (LUMCBCS)

Netherlands

NCI Polish Breast Cancer Study

PBCS

Poland

Prospective Study of Outcomes in Sporadic Versus Hereditary Breast Cancer

POSH

UK

Rotterdam Breast Cancer Study

RBCS

Netherlands

Singapore and Sweden Breast Cancer Study

SASBAC

Sweden

Sheffield Breast Cancer Study

SBCS

UK

Study of Epidemiology and Risk factors in Cancer Heredity

SEARCH

UK

Seoul Breast Cancer Study

SEBCS (SBCP)

Korea

IHCC-Szczecin Breast Cancer Study

SZBCS

Poland

IARC-Thai Breast Cancer Study

TBCS

Thailand

Taiwanese Breast Cancer Study

TWBCS

Taiwan

UCI Breast Cancer Study

UCIBCS

USA

UK Breakthrough Generations Study

UKBGS

UK

US Three State Study

US3SS

USA

US Radiologic Technologists Study

USRTS

USA