Award negotiations will be completed by September 30, 2001. Since the inception of the BCRP, more than 15,000 proposals have been received. I was released February 16, 2001. FY01 Program Announcement II was released March 19, 2001. Cancer of the breast is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, accounting for 30 percent of all cancers in women.
Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of death in women.
In 2001, an estimated 192,200 women are projected to be diagnosed with breast cancer, and approximately 40,200 are projected to die of the disease. In addition, although male breast cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1 percent of all breast carcinomas in the United States, in 2001 approximately 1,500 men are projected to be diagnosed with breast cancer and an estimated 400 are projected to die of the disease. 1 Overview of the Program. The DOD BCRP was established in FY92 by Joint Appropriations Conference Committee Report No. Concept Award proposals are not included in this number.