Primary Recipient

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Amount

$99,895.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Progressive cognitive impairment occurs in up to 50% of primary and metastatic brain tumor patients who survive 6 months or longer after treatment with partial or whole-brain irradiation (WBI); ~200,000 patients/year receive these treatments. A growing bo