Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The vision of the Epidemiology and Cancer Control Program (ECC) is to reduce the cancer burden in the PCC catchment area and beyond. To achieve this vision, we conduct innovative and high impact research, discovering risk factors and translating this knowledge into effective cancer control. Under the continued leadership of Jiyoung Ahn, PhD and new Co-Leader Danil Makarov, MD, MHS, ECC organizes its research efforts into four complementary thematic aims: Aim1: To discover and effectively modulate cancer-causing microbial and genetic risk factors, Aim 2: To assess