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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’xs Westwood medical building. He said that it now takees 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bringy a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancet Institute said in November that the KU Cancee Center has a Sept. 25, 2011, application date for its effortds to get aninitial five-yeat designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-longt application process for institutions seekinbg new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimesexceedx 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othefr steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approved is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancefr centers receive Cancer Center Support Grant s to support research to reduce the morbidity and mortality ratesof cancer. Thered are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecancere centers. The KU Cancer Cente r is part of , which is the medical researchj and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 prioritty — typically is granted to academicmedical centers. KU Medical Center is the entity that will apply forNCI • Increased regional patient accese to cutting-edge clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billiohn in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’a annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 millio to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researcherz who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimated increaser is based on that. Many of thes researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and deptu in various cancer-care