HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER PLANNING GRANT

霍华德大学癌症中心规划拨款

• 批准号: 6356041
• 负责人: Lucile Lauren Adams-Campbell
• 金额: $ 30.71万
• 依托单位: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6356041
• 关键词: African American; breast neoplasms; cancer prevention; gastrointestinal neoplasms; health science research support; neoplasm /cancer; oncology; prostate neoplasms

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) It is known that overall, African-Americans are more likely to develop cancer than whites. The incidence rate for African-Americans was 454 per 100,000 compared to 394 per 100,000 for whites. Furthermore, approximately 3.0 percent African-Americans are more likely to die of cancer than their white counterparts. This year, the National Cancer Institute issued a report card on the progress being made in the field of cancer research. Although the incidence and mortality rates for all races and both sexes for the time period between 1973-1995 show a decline in rates based on the data obtained from SEER, National Center for Health Statistics, and US Census data, the NCI report card clearly demonstrates the lack of success among minority populations, particularly African-Americans. It is in this light that the Howard University Cancer Center (HUCC), the only stand alone Cancer Center at a historically Black College or University in the country, is committed to addressing the needs of this community that is so desperately needed. It is our aim to study the cancer diseases that have a disparate impact on the African-American population utilizing a more systematic and comprehensive approach. The evidence from research-intensive Universities suggests that productive research is more likely to occur where there is a critical mass of investigators focused on an area of interest, than where lone practitioners toil in heroic isolation. The Howard University Cancer Center is planning to become a NCI designated specialty center in basic and population based science. The site-specific programmatic areas that the Cancer Center will focus on include breast, prostate, and GI cancers. In addition, we will establish a prevention and cancer control program. Our goals will be to address those research questions that are prevalent and unique to the African-American population.

描述：（申请人的描述）众所周知，总体而言，非裔美国人比白人更容易患癌症。 非裔美国人的发病率为每 100,000 人 454 例，而白人的发病率为每 100,000 人 394 例。 此外，大约 3.0% 的非裔美国人比白人更有可能死于癌症。 今年，美国国家癌症研究所发布了一份关于癌症研究领域所取得进展的报告卡。尽管根据 SEER、国家卫生统计中心和美国人口普查数据获得的数据，1973 年至 1995 年间所有种族和两性的发病率和死亡率均呈下降趋势，但 NCI 成绩单清楚地表明少数族裔，尤其是非洲裔美国人的发病率和死亡率缺乏成功。正是有鉴于此，霍华德大学癌症中心 (HUCC) 作为该国历史悠久的黑人学院或大学中唯一的独立癌症中心，致力于满足这个迫切需要的社区的需求。 我们的目标是利用更系统、更全面的方法来研究对非裔美国人有不同影响的癌症疾病。 来自研究密集型大学的证据表明，当有足够数量的研究人员专注于某个感兴趣的领域时，比单独的实践者英勇地孤立地辛勤工作时，更有可能发生富有成效的研究。 霍华德大学癌症中心正计划成为 NCI 指定的基础和人口科学专业中心。 癌症中心将重点关注的特定地点计划领域包括乳腺癌、前列腺癌和胃肠道癌症。此外，我们将建立预防和癌症控制计划。 我们的目标是解决非裔美国人普遍存在且独特的研究问题。