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Candidate-Pathway Gene Environment Interactions on Colon and Rectal Cancer Risk and Survival: Methodological Frameworks for Interaction in Genetic Association Studies
DownloadFall 2014
Genetic association studies have adopted for a long time a traditional analytic approach that focuses on individual genetic markers, usually single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in association with disease or phenotype. A standard single-SNP analysis that ignores combined effects of multiple...
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Fall 2014
Randomized controlled trials for a rare disease face methodological difficulties in evaluating treatment effects due to characteristics of rare diseases such as a small patient population to recruit from, lack of knowledge about the disease itself (i.e., lack of clinically validated endpoints),...
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Fall 2013
High-dimensional biological data have been increasingly made available for tackling complex health problems. As with any Big Data opportunities, this has led to methodological challenges for extracting relevant information from such data, particularly in settings where biologically-sensible and...
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Effectiveness of Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in the Province of Alberta
DownloadSpring 2012
Ultrasound technology has been available for several decades with it’s origins in science, industry and military innovations. Ultrasound imaging is a non invasive procedure used for many diagnostic purposes, and is a standard of care for pregnant women. Fetal growth can be followed and...
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Fall 2015
Background: Breast conserving surgery (BCS) followed by radiation is the preferred treatment option for early stage breast cancer because it is less invasive than the alternative treatment, mastectomy, and provides a better cosmetic outcome and a superior quality of life. Positive surgical...
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Fall 2011
Timely, accurate predictions of potential influenza epidemics are essential for healthcare providers and policy makers as the epidemics can result in heavy demands for health services. Current statistical modeling of surveillance data has limited prediction abilities and often fails to respond...