The University of South Alabama’s (USA) Mitchell Cancer Institute is using a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate a link between obesity and colorectal cancer (CRC) progression.

The two-year, $616,000 Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea award will allow cancer researchers to look into a possible molecular-level link.

“With emerging evidence supporting that the disease is often detected at more advanced stages in young adults, there is an urgent and unmet need to identify factors that regulate CRC and elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms to develop targeted therapeutic approaches for patients,” Chandrani Sarkar, Ph.D. said.

CRC is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

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