Primary Recipient

GEORGIA HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$196,680.00

Award Date

8/11/2010

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

Lymph node involvement is one of the most important clinical features to determine when managing colorectal cancer patients. Node-negative disease is often cured by surgery alone, whereas node-positive disease requires the administration of chemotherapy,