Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$774,959.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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 squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a devastating disease that is treated aggressively when diagnosed at late stages. Treatment includes at least two and at times all three modalities of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Due to the critic