Predicting response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced rectal cancer.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/509004

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Many cancer patients receive expensive and unpleasant therapies that actually do not benefit them. This project will use a new technology that can simultaneously assess the level of expression of thousands of genes. We will test if the pattern of gene expression in tumours can predict the patients' response to therapy. Success will significantly improve the clinical management of advanced cancer patients and provide a rational basis upon which to tailor individualized treatment regimes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $461,605.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surgery

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

clinical research | colorectal cancer | microarray | oncology | predicting response to therapy | rectum | surgery | surgical oncology

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