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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’es Westwood medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yeare to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The Nationaol Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Cente r has a Sept. 25, application date for its effortsd to get aninitial five-year designation as an NCI cance center. The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designationa begins with submission of documentation that sometimezsexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othert steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application couldx be approved is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancere centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reducedthe incidence, morbidity and mortalitty rates of cancer. There are 23 cancef centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancere Center is part of , which is the medical researcbh and education arm of the Universithyof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’sd No. 1 priority — typically is granted to academicmedicakl centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will appluy forNCI designation. • Increasec regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalo trials. • More than $1.
3 billion in annuall economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’ s annual NCI financing from the current $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionsw 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 invariouas cancer-care sub-specialties.