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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medicall building. He said that it now takesz 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billio to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancert Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitialk five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutionsa seeking new designations begins with submissiohn of documentation that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pagesa and includes a site visit and other steps. The earliesty that KU Cancer Center’s application coulde be approved is the sprinhof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancefr centers receive Cancer Center Suppor Grants to support research to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecancef centers. The KU Cancerf Center is part of , which is the medicapl research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priorithy — typically is granted to academicmedical Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will applty for NCI designation. • Increased regional patient acceszto cutting-edge clinical trials. More than $1.3 billion in annuap economic benefits inthe region.
• An increasw in KU Cancer Center’ s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 millioh to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increaswe is basedon that. Many of thesew researchers doubleas clinicians, addintg expertise and depth in various cancer-caree sub-specialties.