Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$381,150.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Head and neck cancers (HNC) are the sixth most common form of cancer worldwide, with over 500,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although advances in surgery, and combined of radio and chemotherapies, have decreased morbidity, the survival rate at 5 years