2001-2008 ICR Research Priorities

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.

• Research Training
• Molecular Profiling of Tumours
• Access to Quality Cancer Care
• Risk Behaviour and Prevention
• Clinical Trials
• Molecular and Functional Imaging
• Palliative and End of Life Care
• Early Detection of Cancer

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.

• Breast Cancer