Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$978,862.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

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

Needle biopsy is a regularly performed procedure required for diagnosing prostate cancer (PC). An estimated 1.3 million biopsies are performed yearly in the US at a healthcare cost of $2.6 billion. Biopsies are typically triggered by elevated prostate spe