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Anderson, Victor Elving was born on September 6, 1921 in Stromsburg, Nebraska, United States. Son of Edwin L. and Olga (Elving) Anderson.
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This book provides neurologists, geneticists, pediatricians, and pharmacologists with basic knowledge for genetic counselling, while putting emphasis on the evidence of heterogeneity in this field. The volume contains separate sections on population rates, family studies on selected syndromes, and special methods and topics. Two particularly topical questions concern the prospective evaluation of morbidity risk for seizures in offspring of epileptic patients and the relationship of pharmacogenetics to epilepsy. The book aims to stimulate communication across traditional disciplinary lines and to further collaborative research.
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Variables Related to Human Breast Cancer was first published in 1958.The question of what role, if any, heredity plays in the etiology of human cancer is of obvious importance in the continuing search for an answer to the riddle of cancer. This book describes a study which was conducted at the Dight Institute for Human Genetics of the University of Minnesota, seeking evidence on two aspects of the heredity question. The objectives were, first, to determine whether there is an increased frequency of cancer among relatives of breast cancer patients (over what would be expected by coincidence) and second, to find out whether any family tendency to cancer is general or site-specific.The families of 621 breast cancer patients treated at the Tumor Clinic of the University of Minnesota Hospitals were investigated, with special attention to the choice of original patients and to the completeness of information. For comparison the authors studied the families of husbands of the patients and also analyzed statistics on cancer cases and deaths in the general population.The methods used in the project are described in detail, the data are presented, and the results interpreted. The findings are of value not only in their scientific application but also for use in counseling relatives of breast cancer patients, since these relatives often have greater fear of developing cancer than the facts warrant.
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Anderson, Victor Elving was born on September 6, 1921 in Stromsburg, Nebraska, United States. Son of Edwin L. and Olga (Elving) Anderson.
Associate of Arts, Bethel Junior College, 1941. Student, Bethel Theological Seminary, 1943. Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1945.
Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1953.
Faculty department biology, Bethel College, 1946-1960;
assistant director, Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1954-1978;
acting director, Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1978-1984;
associate professor zoology and genetics, Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1961-1966;
professor genetics and cell biology, Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, since 1966. Consultant National Institute Neurological Disease and Blindness, 1961-1968. Member development behavioral science study section National Institutes of Health, 1972-1975, chairman, 1974-1975.
Board regents Bethel College and Seminary, 1969-1974, 82-87. Board directors Institute for AdvancedChristian Studies, 1971-1976, 77-81, 82-86, 88-.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (president Academy Conference 1967), American Society Human Genetics (director 1967-1970), Minnesota Academy of Sciences (president 1964-1965), American Science Affiliation (president 1963-1965), Behavior Genetics Association (secretary 1972-1974, president 1979-1980), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (executive board 1972-1984, president 1982-1983).
Married Carol Esther Rexion, August 31, 1946. Children: Catherine, Carl, Christine, Martha.