Design A strategic partnership has been formed to establish a large prospective cohort for
the study of the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases in Canada. This partnership …

BACKGROUND: Understanding the complex interaction of risk factors that increase the
likelihood of developing common diseases is challenging. The Canadian Partnership for …

The British Columbia Generations Project (BCGP) is British Columbia's (BC) largest,
prospective, populationbased cohort, health research databank and biobank. 1 It was …

The Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (Atlantic PATH) study is a regional cohort of
the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project (CPTP) which is a multi-centred prospective …

Purpose The ChicagO Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study or 'COMPASS'is a
population-based cohort study with a goal to examine the risk and determinants of cancer …

Alberta, a western province in Canada, has a population of approximately 4.2 million. 1 Over
30% of Albertans report suffering from at least one chronic condition, and the prevalence …

Up-to-date estimates of current and projected future cancer burden attributable to various
exposures are essential for planning and implementing cancer prevention initiatives. The …

Nearly one in two Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
However, there are opportunities to reduce the impact of modifiable cancer risk factors …

Objective: To describe the development stages of the Coalitions Linking Action and Science
for Prevention (CLASP) initiative of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer to support …

Overwhelmed by an abundance of often confusing, ambiguous, or apparently contradictory
messages on disease prevention in today's multiple media streams, the general public …