Title |
Eastern Cooperative Group Chair's Office
|
Institution |
Drexel University, PHILADELPHIA, PA
|
Principal Investigator |
COMIS, ROBERT
|
NCI Program Director |
Margaret Mooney
|
Cancer Activity |
Clinical Trials
|
Division |
DCTD
|
Funded Amount |
$629,400
|
Project Dates |
09/22/1999 - 04/30/2016
|
Fiscal Year |
2012
|
Project Type |
Grant
|
Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance |
Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance |
Aging (4.0%)
Cancer (100.0%)
Cancer Survivorship (45.0%)
Chemotherapy (100.0%)
Digestive Diseases (5.0%)
Radiation - Ionizing - Total (5.0%)
Radiation - Ionizing Radiotherapy (5.0%)
Surgery (17.0%)
Taxol (11.0%)
|
Breast (2.0%)
Central Nervous System - Not Including Brain (2.0%)
Colon/Rectum (2.0%)
Esophagus (1.0%)
Kidney Cancer (1.0%)
Kidney Disease (1.0%)
Leukemia (5.0%)
Liver Cancer (2.0%)
Lung (32.0%)
Multiple Myeloma (19.0%)
Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (1.0%)
Pharynx (1.0%)
Prostate (14.0%)
|
Research Type |
Localized Therapies - Clinical Applications
Systemic Therapies - Clinical Applications
|
Abstract |
DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): This grant is to provide support for the activities of the Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) Chair, Robert L. Comis, M.D.; the senior scientific leadership of the Group; and programs developed by Dr. Comis to enhance the Group's scientific activity and patient accrual. The activities and specific aims supported by this grant are: to provide high quality senior scientific and administrative medical leadership for ECOG programs, and the infrastructure to support that leadership; to expedite the development and conduct of ECOG studies; and to improve the opportunity for patient participation in ECOG studies. |