Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$103,502.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

Complete excision of cancer is guided by histologic assessment of surgical margins. Molecular detection of margins could allow for a better cure rate. Unfortunately, no marker is sensitive enough to be used reliably in a clinical setting. We have determin