1. Design considerations in molecular epidemiology / Monserrat Garcia-Closas, Qing Lan, and Nathaniel Rothman -- 2. Family-based study designs / Audrey H. Schnell and John S. Witte -- 3. Trials and interventions in molecular epidemiology / James R. Marshall and Mary E. Reid -- 4. Molecular epidemiological designs for prognosis / Cornelia M. Ulrich and Christine B. Ambrosone -- 5. Biosampling methods / Regina M. Santella and Susan E. Hankinson -- 6. Principles for high-quality genotyping / Stephen J. Chanock -- 7. Biomarkers of exposure and effect / Christopher P. Wild -- 8. Questionnaire assessment / James R. Marshall -- 9. Pharmacogenetics in cancer chemotherapy / Xifeng Wu and Jian Gu -- 10. Human genetic variation and its implication in understanding race/ethnicity and admixture / Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Indrani Halder, Mark Shriver --

11. Statistical approaches to studies of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions / Nilanjan Chatterjee and Bhramar Mukherjee -- 12. Novel analytical methods for association studies / Jason H. Moore, Margaret R. Karagas, and Angeline S. Andrew -- 13. Pathway-based methods in molecular cancer epidemiology / Fritz F. Parl. [et al.] -- 14. Haplotype association analysis / Peter Kraft and Jinbo Chen -- 15. Genomewide association studies / Michael B. Bracken, Andrew DeWan, and Josephine Hoh -- 16. Validation and confirmation of associations / John P.A. Ioannidis -- 17. Models of absolute risk : interpretation, estimation, validation, and application / Mitchell H. Gail -- 18. Reporting and interpreting results / Julian Little.