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NCI Support for Centers. Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Director DCCPS. FY2004 Budget: $4,723,893,000. NCI Cancer Centers Program. NCI/NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers. Homepage: DCCPS Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program.
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NCI Support for Centers Robert Croyle, Ph.D. Director DCCPS
NCI/NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers Homepage: DCCPS Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program
Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers • Study the prenatal-to-adult environmental exposures that may predispose a woman to breast cancer • Funded jointly by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute • $5 million a year over seven years / $35 million • Funded Centers: • University of Cincinnati • Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA • University of California, San Francisco • Michigan State University, East Lansing
Summary • NCI (& DCCPS) support many research centers focused on discovery • CPCRN different in its primary focus on moving discovery into delivery • CPCRN also represents an important opportunity for CDC and NCI to coordinate and collaborate on cancer control research support