HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER PLANNING GRANT

描述：（申请人描述）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10万人中454人，而白人为每10万人中394人。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进展的报告。尽管根据SEER、国家卫生统计中心和美国人口普查数据，1973年至1995年期间所有种族和两性的发病率和死亡率都有所下降，但NCI的报告清楚地表明，在少数民族人群中，特别是非洲裔美国人，发病率和死亡率缺乏成功。正是在这种情况下，霍华德大学癌症中心（HUCC），唯一独立的癌症中心在一个历史悠久的黑人学院或大学在全国，致力于解决这个社区的需求，这是如此迫切需要。我们的目标是利用更系统和全面的方法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，在有大量研究人员专注于感兴趣的领域的地方，比在孤独的实践者英勇孤立地辛勤工作的地方，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指定的基础科学和人口基础科学专业中心。癌症中心将重点关注的具体项目领域包括乳腺癌、前列腺癌和胃肠道癌症。此外，我们将建立一个预防和癌症控制计划。我们的目标将是解决那些对非洲裔美国人普遍和独特的研究问题。

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.