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Date:4/18/2008

awards," she said. "As with the projects chosen in LSDF's inaugural competition last September and supported with donor funds, these new programs show great promise to enhance the health of our citizens and the growth of our economy for years to come."

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LSDF 07-02 Program Proposals

Martin Cheever, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, $2,237,265

Program title: Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium Phase 1 Clinical Trials

Program focus: To develop a phase 1 cancer clinical trials program for accelerating the development of new cancer-fighting drugs.

The development and testing of new drugs to treat adult and pediatric cancers is a pressing national and global need. In recent years the effectiveness of targeted cancer drugs and the need to test and modify these medications and associated treatment regimens in humans has proven critical. The investigators will evaluate the promise of new cancer therapeutic agents through early stage clinical trials. The program will make new and possibly more effective cancer therapy agents available to people living in Washington State earlier than otherwise possible, especially for common cancers for which conventional therapy is now largely ineffective. Washington-based physicians will also receive training on the newer therapies. The team's efforts will hasten the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry's development of cancer drugs and therapy regimens while allowing a greater proportion of the development to remain within Washington State.

Organizations collaborating in this research are: Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, Olympic Medical Center (Port Angeles), Skagit Valley Hospital (Mount Vernon), and Clinic Cancer Care (Great Falls, MT).

Gail Jarvik, University of Washington, $5,339,742

Program title: Institute for Genetic Medicine

Program focus: To build a new inf
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Contact: Dianne Needham
needham@lsdfa.org
206-732-6776
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