Research Priorities

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. 

Archived priorities

ICR is proud of its achievements in supporting, with the collaboration of partners, major strategic research initiatives in eight priority areas for a total of about $72 million between 2001-2008, thereby making an important contribution to advancing the Canadian cancer research agenda. Learn more about the 2001-2008 ICR Research Priorities.