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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’e Westwood medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yearzs to 17 yearsand $1 billion to brinyg a new drug to market, whicj Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institut said in November that the KU Cancerr Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its effortds to get aninitial five-yea designation as an NCI cancerr center. The months-long application process for institutionss seeking new designations begins with submissiob of documentation that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visiyt and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancee Center’s application could be approved is the sprinyof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centers receivse Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reduce the morbidity and mortality ratesof cancer. There are 23 cancert centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancetr Center is part of , which is the medicao research and education arm of the Universit yof Kansas. NCI designation KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallyg is granted to academivmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entitty that will apply forNCI designation. • Increasedr regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical trials. More than $1.3 billion in annualo economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’sa annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 million to aboutg $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimated increasde is based on Many of these researchers double as clinicians, addinbg expertise and depth in various cancer-care