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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoodf medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yeare to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to market, which Robertds called a “national The National Cancer Institut said in November that the KU Cancere Center has a Sept. 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get aninitial five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutionsz seeking new designations begins with submission of documentatio n that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancerr Center’s application could be approved is the springof 2012.
64 cancer centers receive Cancer Centefr Support Grants to supporyt research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortality ratess of cancer. There are 23 cancer centeres and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancetr Center is part of , which is the medicalo research and education arm of the Universituof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’s No. 1 priorituy — typically is granted to academicmedicao centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entithy that will apply forNCI designation. • Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical • More than $1.3 billion in annual economic benefitsd in the region.
• An increase in KU Cancer Center’e annual NCI financing from thecurrengt $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionxs also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increasse is basedon that. Many of thess researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.