This application represents a revised resubmission application for a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Prostate Cancer from the Prostate Cancer Program of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC). The DF/HCC Prostate Cancer SPORE has been funded for two cycles since 2002. DF/HCC is comprised of the following institutions: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health; Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital; and Children's Hospital of Boston. In addition to the institutions in the DF/HCC, the Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collaborating institutions in this grant. The DF/HCC Prostate Cancer SPORE has its administrative base at the DFCI. Dr. Philip Kantoff, who has led the DF/HCC Prostate Cancer Program and SPORE since their inception, is joined by Co-Directors Dr. William Hahn, a laboratory scientist at DFCI, and Dr. Steven Balk, a laboratory scientist at BIDMC. Dr. Kantoff reports directly to Dr. Edward Benz, Director of DF/HCC and President of DFCI. The DF/HCC Prostate Cancer SPORE has a broad and deep talent base and there is extensive institutional commitment. We take advantage of a large patient population and cutting edge technologies that are available to us as part of DF/HCC. We propose 4 Projects which address critical problems in prostate cancer and have translational components including 1) understanding the mechanism by which obesity impacts prostate cancer mortality 2) dissecting the clinical heterogeneity of Gleason 7 prostate cancer 3) understanding the role that genomic change has on resistance to primary androgen deprivation therapy and on aggressive prostate cancer and finally 4) understanding the androgen receptor based mechanisms of resistance in castration resistant disease. The four projects are supported by three Cores - an Administrative Core, a Biostatistics and Computational Biology Core, and a Tissue and Pathology Core. We also have a highly successful Career Development Program that selects talented physician scientists and mentors them to independence as well as a Developmental Projects Program that generates new ideas for the SPORE in the future.

Public Health Relevance

This SPORE is focused on several important themes in prostate cancer: 1) the identification of lethal prostate cancer using genetic and genomic approaches and 2) understanding the role of metabolism on the development of lethal prostate cancer, and understanding the mechanism of primary and secondary resistance to hormonal therapy and finally elucidating new targets for therapy in men with advanced disease.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50CA090381-15
Application #
9313619
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1)
Program Officer
Hruszkewycz, Andrew M
Project Start
2002-09-19
Project End
2019-06-30
Budget Start
2017-07-01
Budget End
2019-06-30
Support Year
15
Fiscal Year
2017
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
076580745
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02215
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