Colon Cancer

Colorectal cancer research surges at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Published in Drug Week, August 17th, 2007

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has landed another round of support for its Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in gastrointestinal cancer, one of only five such programs in the country. The National Cancer Institute will provide $11.8 million over the next five years to forward Vanderbilt-Ingram's innovative colorectal cancer research.

"We received the top score in the country in the latest pool of GI SPORE applications," said Robert J. Coffey Jr., M.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Wallace Professor of Medicine, and director of the GI SPORE. "This reflects that we have one of the premier GI cancer programs in the country here at...

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Source: Drug Week (2007-08-17)

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