Primary Recipient

H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HOSPITAL, INC.

Amount

$334,000.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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

Ovarian cancer causes more deaths each year among North American women than any other gynecologic cancer. The etiology is poorly understood. Although highly penetrant mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are known to significantly increase ovarian cancer risk, su