ICR Strategic research priorities

2009-2014

With the goal of increased survival, minimizing late effects, and improving quality of life, ICR prioritized the need for innovative research approaches to:

  • Prevention
  • Detection
  • Monitoring
  • Tailored therapies and care strategies

ICR has identified the following research priorities for the five year period 2009-2014:

  • Lifestyle, environment and cancer
  • Diagnosis and guided therapy: towards personalized medicine
  • Cancer initiation and progression
  • Survivorship

For more information, please view the ICR Backgrounder.

2001-2008

Through a broad-based consultation process in the initial year of ICR's operation, seven research priorities were identified, including the overarching priority of research training and capacity building. In 2004/2005, an eighth strategic research priority was identified, Access to Quality Cancer Care. This issue is a high priority for Canadians, particularly as it relates to excessive wait times for health services. Wait times for primary/community and specialized/diagnostic services related to prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and palliation, are an important element of access to quality cancer care.

From 2001 through 2008, ICR supported research initiatives in each of the eight priority areas listed below, thereby making an important contribution to advancing the Canadian cancer research agenda.

ICR, through a partnership with the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA), also supported several major strategic initiatives in the prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer.

Contact Information

For more information about ICR's research priorities, please contact Nicolay.ferrari@mcgill.ca and inga.murawski@mcgill.ca.

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