Decreasing Cancer in the Population
Research Themes > Decreasing Cancer in the Population
Researching how to better prevent, screen for, and reduce the risk of cancer
Research plays a vital role in decreasing cancer in the population. Now more than ever, millions of Canadians are living with, or beyond a cancer diagnosis. This is thanks in part to improvements in detection, prevention, and understanding how cancers arise, and who is at risk. At the Charbonneau we have several groups that focus on the question of how to stop cancer before it starts or progresses with research focused on prevention through changes in lifestyle, earlier detection of cancer, and mitigation of inherited risk.
Some of the questions we are focusing on within this theme of research include:
- What are the biological, environmental, behavioural, and social determinants of cancer risk and prevention for our population?
- How do we integrate this information to be able to inform our patients about their risk and ways to reduce it, detect it, or treat it at early stage?
- How do we change health policy or practice in our healthcare system to reduce risk economically and equitably in the population?
- How can we screen for and detect cancer more accurately, earlier, and less invasively?
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