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EDRN-WHI Pre-Clinical Colon Ca Specimens

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Specifically, it is proposed to assess plasma proteins from postmenopausal women diagnosed with colon cancer within a span of 18 months after year-3 OS blood draw and from appropriate matched controls enrolled in the WHI OS study. The range of case-control differences sought in plasma include: 1 Detection and identification of proteins that may be derived from tumor cells through the classical secreted protein pathway and through non-classical pathways (eg protein cleavage and release) or through cell turnover. 2 Detection and identification of protein changes associated with the host response that occur during tumor development and that may be related to inflammation, angiogenesis, infiltration of tumor with host cells and other processes. 3 Identification of tumor derived proteins that induce a humoral immune response in the form of autoantibodies that are detectable at the preclinical stage.


Specific Aims are identified by each assay laboratory.
The primary analysis for this study is to identify proteins/peptides that have potential as colon cancer early detection or risk prediction markers for subsequent validation. The secondary aim is to see if some proteins/peptides are complementary in their early detection abilities so their combinations will improve their sensitivity and specificity. Since thousands of protein/peptides will be identified and/or quantified, one important issue is to quantify and control the False Discovery Rate (# of false positive finding / # of selected markers as differentially expressed) and maintain reasonable power to detect truly differentially expressed markers. Another important feature of the data analysis is that the derived data from mass spectrometry critically depends on the algorithms of identifying the peptides, assigning protein identities and intensities. Coordinating center biostatisticians need work closely with proteomics bioinformaticians and computational biologists with expected iterations between data processing and data analyses.

There are currently no biomarkers annotated for this protocol.


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