Primary Recipient

WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Amount

$207,453.30

Award Date

9/02/2010

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

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common fatal cancers worldwide. Reduction of the mortality requires successful strategies for early detections of this disease. The goal of this study is to develop a blood tese that can detect early s