Extraordinary Opportunity: Cancer Genetics

**Semantic type:** Research Activity

**Definition:** Research of exceptional promise in the area of cancer genetics, covering the heredity and the biological process of transmission of characteristics from progenitor to offspring, especially concerning a heritable predisposition to cancer susceptibility. Research initiatives must respond to important recent developments in knowledge and technology; offer approaches to cancer research beyond the size, scope, and funding of our current research activities; be implemented with specific, defined investments; be described in terms of achievable milestones, with clear consequences for not investing; and promise advances for making progress against all cancers. (from 2001 Bypass Budget)