The Five New Cancer Grand Challenges Teams Taking on the Biggest Questions in Cancer Research

2026/03/04 by Rebecca L. Eccles, Gabriela Carreno, Blake E. Sanders +3 · 2 voices
Decision Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Health Professions · #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration #Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics #Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

paper · doi:10.1158/2159-8290.cd-26-0215

openalex publication_date 2026/03/04 · openalex created_date 2026/03/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Cancer Grand Challenges is an international research initiative, galvanizing the global research community to take on cancer's toughest challenges through interdisciplinary team science. In this article, we introduce our five new teams, each awarded up to 25 million and their creative approaches to tackle five of our latest challenges.

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