Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$369,050.00

Award Date

6/03/2009

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

Epidemiological data demonstrates strong gender bias in hepatocellular carcinomas. This phenomenon cannot not be attributed to gender differences in life style factors. Moreover, there is no evidence implicating direct effect of sex hormones in the tumor