Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer

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Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites center grant applications, using the cooperative agreement (U54) mechanism, to establish the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Centers in nutrition, energetics*, energy balance, and physical activity. These Centers will involve scientists from multiple disciplines and will encompass projects spanning the biology and genetics of behavioral, socio- cultural, and environmental influences on nutrition, physical activity, weight, energy balance, and energetics. The TREC Centers will focus on two great challenges in the area of energetics/energy balance and cancer. They are: 1) to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the association between energy balance and carcinogenesis across the cancer continuum from causation and prevention through survival, and 2) to develop effective innovative approaches with broad population impact at the social-environmental and policy levels for prevention of obesity with particular emphases on children and critical time periods during adulthood where weight gain is likely to occur, such as during smoking cessation, cancer treatment, and major life transitions involving work or family. These challenges require integration of diverse disciplines, spanning the full range of cancer research from the molecular biology of carcinogenesis to public policy research. The primary mission of the TREC Centers is to foster collaboration among transdisciplinary teams of scientists with the goal of accelerating progress toward reducing cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality associated with obesity, low levels of physical activity, and poor diet (see Figure 1: TREC Conceptual Model at http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/TREC/). The second mission of these Centers is to provide training opportunities for new and established scientists who can carry out integrative research on energetics, energy balance, and their consequences. * Energetics -- The study of the flow and transformation of energy through living systems The American Heritage Dictionary, 2000.