review of links between military occupational exposures and cancers in women veterans

this funding opportunity is seeking submissions from researchers to conduct a literature review exploring the possible effects of military occupational exposures on cancer outcomes in canadian armed forces (caf) military women veterans. this review should include a summary of known and possible sex- and gender-based differences in both military occupational exposures as well as their impacts on cancers.

researchers are encouraged to use a broad search strategy so that applicable research from different militaries and contexts is included. research conducted internationally, including the united states of america, united kingdom, new zealand and australia, should be considered. researchers are also encouraged to expand the search strategy beyond veterans to include serving military members and diverse members.

studies from grey literature should be captured in addition to peer-reviewed literature. sub-analysis or interpretation may be needed to demonstrate generalizability to women veterans of the caf.

in addition to cancer endpoints, researchers are encouraged to include other chronic physical health outcomes (e.g., respiratory, cardiovascular) in their review, if feasible.

researchers are expected to follow established methods for reviews (e.g., preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (prisma)). some members of the research team should have previous experience with conducting and publishing high-quality literature reviews.