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Introduction
The purpose of the extraordinary opportunities is to identify areas of discovery that build upon important recent developments in knowledge and technology and that hold promise for making significant progress against all cancers.
Genes and the Environment
Goal: To discover genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors and their interactions that define cancer risk and inform strategies for cancer control.
Cancer Imaging
Goal: To accelerate discovery and development of imaging methods that will predict clinical course and response to interventions.
Defining the Signatures of Cancer Cells: Detection, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Goal: To catalog distinguishing molecular signatures of cells to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and predict response.
Molecular Targets of Prevention and Treatment
Goal: To accelerate discovery, development, and testing of prevention and treatment agents that target the molecular changes of cancer.
Research on Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Cancers
Goal: To understand the causes of tobacco use, addiction, and related cancers and apply this knowledge to their prevention and treatment.
Cancer Communications
Goal: To understand and apply the most effective communications approaches to maximize access to and use of cancer information by all who need it.
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