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Understanding Lung Cancer related risk factors and their Impact

Descrizione del progetto

Osservare più da vicino i fattori di rischio correlati al carcinoma polmonare

Fumare tabacco è il più grande fattore di rischio per il cancro ai polmoni, ma non è l’unico. Ad esempio, l’uranio (presente nelle rocce e nel suolo) è un agente che provoca tumori, così come l’amianto, l’arsenico, il nichel, il fumo del carbone, la fuliggine e le esalazioni del diesel. Il progetto LUCIA, finanziato dall’UE, si incentrerà sui fattori di rischio personali ed esterni e sulle risposte biologiche a tali rischi. A tale proposito, svilupperà un kit di strumenti di analisi che comprenderà banche dati, modelli di intelligenza artificiale, dispositivi indossabili, sensori e multiomica. Dopo l’individuazione degli effetti dei diversi fattori di rischio, il progetto esaminerà i cambiamenti molecolari a essi associati. I risultati si tradurranno in raccomandazioni politiche e saranno utilizzati in programmi di screening del carcinoma polmonare e nelle diagnosi digitali.

Obiettivo

Lung Cancer (LC) is the biggest cancer killer worldwide, with five-year survival following diagnosis varying between 5% to 25%. Though tobacco smoking has long been recognized as the major risk factor for LC, many cases (incl. LC patients that are non-smokers) cannot be explained by this reason. In this sense, LUCIA aims to establish a novel toolbox for discovering and understanding new risk factors that contribute to LC development. The toolbox encompasses the analysis of three aspects: (i) personal risk factors, which include a person’s exposure to chemical pollutants and behavioural and lifestyle factors; (ii) external risk factors, such as urban, built and transport environments, social aspects and climate; and (iii) biological responses to the personal and external risk factors, including changes in genetics, epigenetics, metabolism and aging. Key components of the toolbox for analysing personal and external risk factors include retrospective and prospective cohort databases, AI models, wearable devices, novel non-invasive sensors, and multi-omics. Together, these tools will be used to identify the effects of a wide range of environmental, biological, demographic, community and individual-level risk factors associated with the formation of LC. Molecular changes associated with the risk factors identified by this set of tools will then be validated by cell and molecular biology methods and through in vivo analysis. The impact of the identified personal and external risk factors and the associated biological responses will be then validated in three clinical use cases: general population risk assessment and screening, precision screening of high-risk populations, and digital diagnostics. The resulting evidence within LUCIA will be translated into policymaking recommendations, with the aim to implement them in a screening program for LC.
This action is part of the Cancer Mission cluster of projects on ‘Understanding'.

Programma(i)

Coordinatore

TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 2 625 900,00
Indirizzo
SENATE BUILDING TECHNION CITY
32000 Haifa
Israele

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Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 2 663 600,00

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