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Research groups
Group 36
Programme: Epidemiology and Control of Chronic Diseases / Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Risk Prevention Lead Researcher: Sanjosé Llongueras, Silvia de
Group Members
STAFF MEMBERS: Alarcón Moral, Francesc | Casabonne, Delphine.
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Albero Abril, Ginesa | Alemany Vilches, Maria Eulàlia | Benavente Moreno, Yolanda
| Domingo Domènech, Eva | Roura Fornells, Esther.
Main lines of research
Epidemiology, etiology and prevention of cancers re- lated to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
• Studies of prevalence and HPV type distribution in
cancers of the vulva, penis, vagina, anus, oral cavity,
oro-pharynx and larynx (HPVVAPO study).
• Evaluation of cervical cancer screening program in
Catalonia.
• Phase III and phase IV studies of new generation
vaccines.
• Assessment of the burden of HPV-related diseases
worldwide (HPV Information Center).
• Cost-effectiveness models of cervical cancer pre-
vention.
• Training and elearning programs on HPV associated
cancer prevention (e-oncology).
Epidemiology and etiology of lymphoid neoplasms.
• Epidemiology of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) (MCC-Spain study).
Evaluation of environmental and occupational expo- sures; Genetic susceptibility; Sero-epidemiology of Epstein-Barr virus and poliomavirus infections.
• Evaluation of the association between human and viral miRNA in plasma and CLL.
• Study of endemic Burkitt lymphoma and Ep- stein-Barr virus.
• International consortiums (InterLymph, Internacion- al Multiple Myeloma Consortium, Hodgkin Lympho- ma Consortium):
Comprehensive evaluation of risk factors and dif- ferent histologic lymphoma subtypes within an in- ternational consortium (InterLymph NHL Subtype Project); Evaluation of hormonal and reproductive factors in multiple myeloma etiology (Internacional Multiple Myeloma Consortium); Gene and environ- ment interaction studies; GWAS studies on follicular lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and other subtypes.
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