Brussels, 15/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - The Commission announced on Thursday 15 April that it was allocating €21 million for two new research projects on breast and kidney cancer, as part of an international research effort coordinated since 2007 by the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), which aims to elucidate comprehensively the changes in the human genome present in many forms of cancer. The two new projects, BASIS and CAGEKID, are expected to receive €10.5 million each from the EU and to involve 27 research institutes from 10 countries throughout Europe and the USA. They will focus on unlocking the genetic code of breast cancer, the most common class of cancer diagnosed in women worldwide with more than one million cases diagnosed annually, and kidney cancer, which is of particular importance in Europe where the highest global incidence rates are observed. (B.C./transl.rt)