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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medicalo building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billion to brinvg a new drug to which Roberts called a “national The National Cancer Institute said in Novembefr that the KU Cance r Center has a Sept. 25, 2011, applicatiom date for its efforts to get aninitiap five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-longb application process for institutions seeking new designations beginws with submission of documentation that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and includese a site visit and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancee Center’s application could be approved is the springyof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancere centers receive Cancer Center Support Grantsx to support research to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensive cancer The KU Cancer Cente r is partof , whichg is the medical researcnh and education arm of the University of Kansas. NCI designatiohn — KU’s No. 1 prioritg — typically is grantedx to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical • More than $1.3 billion in annual economidc benefits in the region.
• An increas in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 millio n to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attrac world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is based on that. Many of these researcherws doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in varioue cancer-care sub-specialties.