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Project Number: | I01CX002155-01A1 |
| Title: | The Genetic Origin of Hereditary Prostate Cancer |
| Principal Investigator: | Jeffrey R. Smith |
| Location: | Nashville, TN |
| Congressional District Code: | 5 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | January 2021 - December 2024 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $173,744 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$708,803 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Veterans. Nationally, its mortality rate is 76% that of breast cancer; one in 41 men will die of it. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for precision prostate cancer care have incorporated tumor sequencing for men with advanced-stage prostate cancer, and germline sequencing of men with a family history of prostate cancer. Its purpose is to discern inherited as well as somatic drivers to guide precision therapy, though also potentially... |