10.7M Grant Goes to Carolina’s Colon Cancer Team
Researchers at the University of South Carolina have received a five-year, $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue studying colon cancer.
The sizable grant will be used to fund comprehensive studies focused on finding causes, prevention methods, and effective treatments for colorectal cancer at the university’s Center for Colon Cancer Research (CCCR).
The CCCR, directed by Dr Frank Berger, was established in 2002 with an earlier $11.2 million grant from the NIH. As Dr Berger explained when announcing the recent grant,
“This award is significant because it brings together scientists from disciplines as varied as biology, pharmacy, public health and medicine to solve the mysteries of a cancer that kills far too many people in our state and nation.”
Statistics from the American Cancer Society place colorectal cancer as the third most common cancer among men and women and the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Approximately 2,400 cases of the deadly disease are diagnosed in South Carolina each year.
Source: University of South Carolina News
Related Links: TheState.com; scnow.com; CRMagazine.org
Related Video: Dr Berger Discusses Grant from USC Headlines
Related Audio: Colon and Rectal Cancer Guidelines Update from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Tags: South Carolina Cancer Alliance; Palmetto Health; bowel cancer; Dr Paul Engstrom; Dr Leonard Saltz; anal cancer
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