Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$370,909.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen is efficacious in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, the most common cancer in women. However, tamoxifen treatment causes menopausal symptoms including hot flashes. In addition, tamoxifen c