Environ Health PerspectEnvironmental Health Perspectives0091-6765150335881241892Research ArticleApplying new biotechnologies to the study of occupational cancer--a workshop summary.ToraasonMarkAlbertiniRichardBayardStevenBigbeeWilliamBlairAaronBoffettaPaoloBonassiStefanoChanockStevenChristianiDavidEastmondDavidHanashSamuelHenryCarolKadlubarFredMirerFrankNebertDanielRapportStephenRestKathleenRothmanNathanielRuderAvimaSavageRussellSchultePaulSiemiatyckiJackShieldsPeterSmithMartynTolbertPaigeVermeulenRoelVineisPaoloWacholderSholomWardElizabethWatersMichaelWestonAinsleyNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA. mtoraason@cdc.gov320041124413416

As high-throughput technologies in genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics evolve, questions arise about their use in the assessment of occupational cancers. To address these questions, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the American Chemistry Council sponsored a workshop 8-9 May 2002 in Washington, DC. The workshop brought together 80 international specialists whose objective was to identify the means for best exploiting new technologies to enhance methods for laboratory investigation, epidemiologic evaluation, risk assessment, and prevention of occupational cancer. The workshop focused on identifying and interpreting markers for early biologic effect and inherited modifiers of risk.