Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$537,076.00

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

Cancer of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer, CRC) is the third leading site of cancer in the United States and the most common form of gastrointestinal malignancy. CRC accounts for approximately 150,000 new cases annually, and 6,000 of these are tre