This represents the largest single grant to the University of Arizona College of Medicine in the past five years. The grant will fund the work of a team of researchers from six major universities. In addition to University of Arizona reseachers, the team includes scientists and physicians from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, the University of Colorado in Denver, the State University of New York in Buffalo, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Together they will focus on three research projects and will complete two large cancer control studies involving 2800 participants. Through this research we hope to develop easier, less expensive and less invasive strategies to reduce both the recurrence of polyps and the overall colorectal cancer risk.
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. in both men and women.
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