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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yearsz to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institutwe said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initiao five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designationsz begins with submission of documentation that sometimess exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and otherf steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’sx application could be approved is the springhof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancerd centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supporgt research to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecancee centers. The KU Canced Center is part of , whicg is the medical research and education arm of the Universityyof Kansas. NCI designation KU’s No. 1 priority typically is granted to academicfmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entityg that will apply forNCI designation. • Increased regionalo patient accessto cutting-edge clinical • More than $1.
3 billion in annual economic benefits in the • An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from the currenty $7.5 million to about $40 NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who brinvg NCI grants with them, and part of the estimatef increase is based on that. Many of thes e researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depthj in various cancer-care sub-specialties.
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