$12 Million SPORE Grant Spurs Head and Neck Cancer Research
2/29/2004 Houston, TX MD Anderson Cancer Center Press Release Nearly 38,000 men and women in this country will develop head and neck cancers in 2002, according to the American Cancer Society. Now, the first Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to study these cancers has been awarded to a national cancer center. The National Cancer Institute recently presented M. D. Anderson with a $12 million SPORE grant to study head and neck cancers, which include cancers of the: * jaw * mouth * throat * nose * nasal cavity * salivary gland * sinuses * thyroid * larynx “M. D. Anderson has made great strides in treating head and neck cancer patients while maintaining quality of life for our patients,” says Dr. Waun Ki Hong, the lead investigator on M. D. Anderson's latest SPORE lire ici. Hong is head of the institution's Division of Cancer Medicine and chairman of the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology. The grant's co-lead investigators are Drs. Reuben Lotan, professor of medicine, and Gary Clayman, professor of head and neck surgery, both in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology. “We are already hard at work, and with this addition, we hope to make more progress in reducing head and neck cancer and ensure that patients with these diseases receive state-of-the-art medical care with cutting-edge therapeutic approaches.” The head and neck SPORE grant will support research in five key areas: Genetic Susceptibility Markers: Although head and neck cancer is known to be [...]