Chelico, Linda

Published purpose

• The CIHR Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR) has a mandate to support research that reduces the burden of cancer on individuals and families through prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis, effective treatments, psycho-social support systems, and palliation. • This priority announcement (PA) is designed to support research that prevents the onset of breast cancer (lowers cancer risk) and/or reduces the severity of the disease through early detection when it is at its most treatable. • This PA supports research that creates new knowledge in breast cancer prevention and early detection and/or moves it into practice in the health system, communities, workplaces, and in the daily lives of Canadians. • This PA will fund research in the following areas: o Breast Cancer Prevention o Early Detection of Breast Cancer