Early-Onset Cancers: Investigating Etiology, Mechanisms, and Early Detection Strategies
Funds research into what is driving more non-hereditary cancers in 18-to-49-year-olds, and how to catch them earlier.
Non-hereditary cancer is rising in people between 18 and 49, and there is still no settled account of why. This notice funds finding out.
Three questions are named directly. What modifiable exposures are driving the rise in early-onset cancers, and how do they vary across patient groups. What biological mechanisms and host responses sit behind the increase. And how people at higher risk can be id…
Research into the etiology and underlying biological mechanisms of sporadic non-hereditary early-onset cancers (ages 18-49), including modifiable exposures, host-response mechanisms, and strategies to identify people at increased risk more effectively — submitted as either an exploratory/developmental project of up to two years or a research project of four to five years. Clinical trials are optional.
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