In this workshop senior cancer center representatives (i.e., center directors, individual researchers, science administrators, scientific program directors) explored the expertise and resources of the cancer centers that can be organized to generate research on the aging/cancer interface. The NCI Cancer Centers Program supports major academic and research institutions throughout the United States to sustain broad-based, coordinated, interdisciplinary programs in cancer research, and also promotes inter-institute studies and collaborations among investigators in oncology and geriatric medicine and investigators of the biology of aging and cancer. The workshop setting was meant to provide a forum for constructive brainstorming and to obtain a productive exchange of ideas among participants from varying disciplines and professions who were invited to share their perspectives.
The goal of the workshop was to identify a concise set of research priorities to facilitate the interface of aging and cancer research so that scientific pathways can be established to reduce the magnitude of the cancer burden for older Americans.
The objectives of the NIA/NCI cosponsored workshop were to:
Many excellent ideas emanated from the August 10, 2000, workshop planning meeting and are incorporated within the seven themes for the breakout sessions. Other ideas were introduced by individuals in the breakout group discussions. Among the suggestions for themes that emerged within the planning group were:
The cancer centers also have many existing databases that could be examined for insights into generate hypotheses (tissue bank data) and treatment patterns (e.g., in-house tumor registries).
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