Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$402,719.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

Removal of regional metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) requires an extensive procedure with significant morbidity. Current imaging techniques cannot provide real-time information to clinicians or surgeons during diagnostic and the