Primary Recipient

FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER

Amount

$349,000.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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

5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) represents a promising agent for the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis. However, the precise molecular mechanism by which 5-ASA inhibits tumor formation remains unclear and is most like