$15 million grant awarded to reduce cancer d... (l A team led by UC San Diego's Careth...)

$15 million grant awarded to reduce cancer disparities

Date:12/17/2008

A team led by UC San Diego's Carethers and Kathleen McGuire, Ph.D., professor of biology at SDSU will investigate why African Americans have the highest incidence and death rates for colorectal cancer among racial groups in the United States. The researchers will examine more than 1,500 colorectal tumors to determine possible biological differences in tumors among African Americans and Caucasians. They will also try to determine why a certain tumor type more common in Caucasians is less likely to spread to other areas in the body.

Scientists led by SDSU organic chemistry professor Douglas Grotjahn, Ph.D., and Moores UCSD Cancer Center research scientist Boris Minev, M.D., will study the development of a nanotechnology-based vaccine against prostate cancer, which is a particular problem in the African American population.

Stephen Howell, M.D., Moores Cancer Center member and professor of medicine at UC San Diego, and Shelli McAlpine, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at SDSU, will lead a project aimed at exploring the development of a novel chemotherapy drug against colon and pancreatic cancers.

Both institutions' deep roots in community-based research are crucial to the success of the initiative's wide-ranging projects.

Noting that cancer prevention and care will continue to be emphasized in diverse, underserved communities, Navarro said, "This grant enables the programs already in place to expand, and will help expose a new generation of basic scientists, biologists and social scientists to a different environment."

For example, Navarro and her colleagues recently partnered with local community organizations and health programs on a health fair held in National City focusing on women in the Latino community. As part of this program, approximately 100 women received mammography screening and clinical breast exams in a program conducted in conjunction with a community organization, MANA
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Contact: Steve Benowitz
sbenowitz@ucsd.edu
619-543-6163
University of California - San Diego
Source:Eurekalert

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