Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$377,410.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

The chance of developing invasive breast cancer during a woman's lifetime is approximately 1 in 8 and more that 40,000 women die of metastatic disease each year. Inherent or acquired tumor drug resistance and dose-limiting toxicity limit many agents used