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Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Summary:
- Prevent breast cancer (primary prevention)
- Identify determinants of breast cancer initiation, risk, or susceptibility
- Distinguish deadly from non-deadly breast cancers
- Conquer the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment
- Identify what drives breast cancer growth; determine how to stop it
- Identify why some breast cancers become metastatic
- Determine why/how breast cancer cells lie dormant for years and then re-emerge; determine how to prevent lethal recurrence
- Revolutionize treatment regimens by replacing them with ones that are more effective, less toxic, and impact survival
- Eliminate the mortality associated with metastatic breast cancer
Awards:
- Era of Hope Scholar Award – Letter of Intent due March 12, 2020
- Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 – Letter of Intent Due March 12, 2020
- Breakthrough Award Level 3 – Preproposal due March 13, 2020
- Breakthrough Award Level 4 – Preproposal due March 13, 2020
- Innovator Award – Preproposal due March 13, 2020
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