Hereditary Cancer Core

Co-Directors: Paul Goodfellow, PhD, and Alison Whelan, MD

The Hereditary Cancer Core provides the following services:

• Project management to support investigators engaged in cancer genetics research.

• Collection of tissue specimens, medical records and family history data for families with a history of cancer to support ongoing and future cancer genetics research.

• Cancer genetics research to support the design and implementation of studies for investigators who wish to expand their current work to include research in areas specific to hereditary disease.

• Clinical genetic services to assist with the transition of basic science discoveries to the clinical realm.

• Human Research Protection Office liaison services to provide consultation to investigators on institutional and national guidelines for conducting cancer genetics research.

• Consultative services to assist investigators in the design and implementation of cancer genetics studies.

• Coordination of local or national recruitment of families or selected populations. Examples include coordination of the recruitment of families with 5p-, bone marrow failure and pleuropulmonary blastoma.

• Collection of DNA and serum samples with linked medical and family history data from individuals 60 years of age and older.

STAFF:
Jennifer Ivanovich, MS, MBA
Diane Struckhoff

LOCATION: Barnes-Jewish Hospital North, Kingshighway Building, Room 2306

TO ACCESS: Contact Jennifer Ivanovich at 314-454-5076 or e-mail ivanovichj1@wudosis.wustl.edu.

As of April 7, 2008, the NIH requires investigators with a publication using Siteman (or other NIH-funded) shared resources to submit (or have submitted for them) their final, peer reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central(PMC) upon acceptance of publication, to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. Many journals automatically submit these for authors, but Washington University also has assistance available through the Becker Medical Library. Please see http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#b7 or http://becker.wustl.edu/classes-consulting/specialized-expertise/nih-public-access-policy for more information.

PUBLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: If research supported by the Hereditary Cancer Core results in publication, please acknowledge this support by including the following in your publication(s):

We thank the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., for the use of the Hereditary Cancer Core, which provided __________ service. The Siteman Cancer Center is supported in part by an NCI Cancer Center Support Grant #P30 CA91842.