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Date:9/6/2007

d Col. Janet Harris, director of the program. The money comes from funds earmarked for specific purposes by Congressional budget makers.

One effort funded by the program involves 11 academic institutions in a study to determine the exact reasons why prostate cancer incidence and mortality is higher among black Americans, Harris said. A preliminary report on that study is scheduled for this meeting.

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For more on prostate cancer, head to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.



SOURCES: Virgil Simons, director, The Prostate Net, Hackensack, N.J.; Col. Janet Harris, director, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Ft. Dietrich, Md.; Sept. 5, 2007, presentations, Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today meeting, Atlanta


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