Abstract

The Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center was developed recognizing that the magnitude and complexity of the problem of cancer in blacks could be most effectively and urgently addressed by a collaborative research effort by three institutions. In this way the Schools hope to contribute towards the NCI goals for the year 2000. During the course of the planning grant the Center has developed from the point where none of the institutions conducted cancer prevention research to a level of more than 4 million dollars of peer review funded cancer prevention and related research. The Center now meets all the essential characteristics for consortium cancer center support. Current programs are nuclear in design and are planned so as to differentiate into more specialized areas of prevention and control. The major emphasis of the Center will be on collaborative prevention trials. In this first cycle, development will include focus on programs in nutrition, behavioral science and clinical trials. The collaborative research is expected to have an impact far beyond what would be expected if each institution operated independently. Funds are requested in accordance with consortium guidelines and with a strong emphasis on further development.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
1P30CA049095-01
Application #
3101860
Study Section
(SRC)
Project Start
1988-09-30
Project End
1991-05-31
Budget Start
1988-09-30
Budget End
1989-05-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Charles R. Drew University of Med & Sci
Department
Type
DUNS #
785877408
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90059

  Publications

Schlundt, David G; Hargreaves, Margaret K; Buchowski, Maciej S (2003) The Eating Behavior Patterns Questionnaire predicts dietary fat intake in African American women. J Am Diet Assoc 103:338-45
Hargreaves, M K; Schlundt, D G; Takizala, Z et al. (2003) A taxonomy of obstacles to breast examinations in African American women. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 49:1219-28
Bhat, Hari K; Vadgama, Jaydutt V (2002) Role of estrogen receptor in the regulation of estrogen induced amino acid transport of System A in breast cancer and other receptor positive tumor cells. Int J Mol Med 9:271-9
Wu, Yanyuan; Saldana, Laura; Chillar, Ram et al. (2002) Plasma vascular endothelial growth factor is useful in assessing progression of breast cancer post surgery and during adjuvant treatment. Int J Oncol 20:509-16
Hargreaves, Margaret K; Schlundt, David G; Buchowski, Maciej S (2002) Contextual factors influencing the eating behaviours of African American women: a focus group investigation. Ethn Health 7:133-47
Shen, D; Wu, Y; Subbarao, M et al. (2000) Mutation analysis of BRCA1 gene in African-American patients with breast cancer. J Natl Med Assoc 92:29-35
Bhat, H K; Vadgama, J V (2000) Hamster estrogen receptor cDNA: cloning and mRNA expression. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 72:47-53
Vadgama, J V; Wu, Y; Shen, D et al. (2000) Effect of selenium in combination with Adriamycin or Taxol on several different cancer cells. Anticancer Res 20:1391-414
Liu, W; Vadgama, J V (2000) Identification and characterization of amino acid starvation-induced CD24 gene in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Int J Oncol 16:1049-54
Shen, D; Wu, Y; Chillar, R et al. (2000) Missense alterations of BRCA1 gene detected in diverse cancer patients. Anticancer Res 20:1129-32

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