Projects

Some of the projects that we have completed in the past

Diabetes-associated biomarkers - 5,808 assays

Nested case-control study of IGFs and prostate cancer risk in EPIC | "The epidemiology and aetiology of high risk prostate cancer" - 4,260 assays

The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial – 10,000 assays

The CALERIE and parallel mouse study sample

The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study – 10,000 assays

The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) – 20,000 assays

Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program Development award: Distinguishing Lethal from Indolent Prostate Cancer with Free Insulin-Like Growth Factor Levels

The Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Study – 5,000 assays

The Nurses’ Heath Study (NHS) – 73,000 assays

The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) – 10,000 assays

The Physicians’ Health Study (PHS I and II) – 31,000 assays

Endogenous hormones and postmenopausal breast cancer: Etiologic insights and improving risk prediction

The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) – 10,000 assays

National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trial Group - A Randomized Trial of Antiestrogen Therapy versus Combined Antiestrogen and Octreotide Therapy in the Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer in Post-Menopausal Women (NCIC CTG MA14 study) – 1000 assays

American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study (CPS) – 7,000 assays

Laval University Breast Density Study – 5,500 assays

EPIC pancreatic cancer

Clues to Heart Diseases and Cancer (CLUE) – 546 assays

Hawai’i Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study

  • PPG1 - 10,000 assays
  • PPG2 – 7,200 assays

Prostate Cancer Case Control Study – 1,500 assays

NIH Kidney Cancer Study – 5,324 assays

Contact

Please feel free to contact us. We would be happy to discuss how we can help you with your assay needs.

Rhoda Lim, Lab Administrator

Pollak Research Lab

Tel.: (514) 340 8222 ext. 24139
Fax: (514) 340 8600

pollak-lab.oncology [at] mcgill.ca (Email the Pollak Research Lab)
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