Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC)
The Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) is a forum of investigators interested in the inherited risk of breast cancer. Many groups are conducting studies with the aim of identifying genes that may be related to the risk of breast cancer. The aim of the consortium is to combine data from many studies, and to provide a reliable assessment of the risks associated with these genes.
Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA)
The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 is a collaborative group of researchers working on genetic modifiers of cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. The aim of CIMBA is to provide sufficient sample sizes to allow large scale studies in order to evaluate reliably the effects of genetic modifiers.