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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’se Westwood medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yearzs to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancerr Center has a Sept. 25, 2011, applicationb date for its efforts to get aninitiao five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-lont application process for institutions seeking new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimeeexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othefr steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s applicatiobn could be approved is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cance centers receive Cancer Centerr Support Grants to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidithy and mortality rates of cancer. There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecancef centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicg is the medical research and education arm of the Universittof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’s No. 1 priority — typically is granted to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. • Increaserd regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical • More than $1.
3 billion in annual economicx benefits in the • An increase in KU Cancet Center’s annual NCI financing from the currentf $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliatexd institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is based on Many of these researchers double as adding expertise and depth invarious cancer-cars sub-specialties.