A case control study of risk factors for aggressive prostate cancer

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/623204

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Although most prostate cancers are not fatal, some develop into an aggressive form that is likely to progress and kill. How this happens and how to prevent these cancers, is not well understood. The study will examine the lives of men with aggressive prostate cancer, from the time of conception to adulthood, their family history and genetic characteristics to identify the role of life patterns and genes in the development of these cancers, seeking a basis for their prevention .

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,592,353.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer epidemiology | case control study | genetic polymorphisms | genetics epidemiology | lifestyle factors | prostate cancer

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