The ASCO Cancer Foundation And BCRF Announce 2010 Comparative Effectiveness Research Professorship In Breast Cancer

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 03 Sep 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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The ASCO Cancer Foundation, with the support of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), has created the Comparative Effectiveness Research Professorship (CERP) in Breast Cancer. This five-year grant award will provide flexible funding to an outstanding researcher who has made and will continue to make significant contributions in breast cancer research.

The grant totals $500,000 and will be paid in 5 annual increments of $100,000 to the recipient's institution. Through the CERP program, the Foundation and BCRF aim to provide support to qualified individuals working to investigate comparative effectiveness in breast cancer and to train future generations of researchers in this field.

Comparative effectiveness research is the creation and combination of evidence that compares the benefits and risks of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care. The purpose of this type of research is to assist various audiences in making informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels.

"Comparative effectiveness research is important in helping assure that people with cancer receive the most appropriate therapy," said Joseph Bailes, MD, Chairman of The ASCO Cancer Foundation. "The Comparative Effectiveness Research Professorship in Breast Cancer will award and support successful scientists who also dedicate their time to mentoring junior researchers."

For more information about the CERP in Breast Cancer including eligibility criteria, application instructions and deadlines, visit http://www.ascocancerfoundation.org/cerp.

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The ASCO Cancer Foundation
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

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