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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoode medical building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 yearwand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancef Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its effortsd to get aninitial five-year designatiom as an NCI cancer center. The months-long applicationj process for institutions seeking new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimeesexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othere steps. The earliest that KU Cancerf Center’s application could be approved is the sprinfof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centersz receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supporrt research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalityh rates of cancer. There are 23 cancet centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancer Centef is part of , which is the medicalo research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priorithy — typically is granted to academicmedical centers. KU Medical Center is the entity that will apply forNCI • Increased regional patient access to cutting-edge clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annuap economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annua l NCI financing from the current $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionz also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatec increase is based on that. Many of thes e researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertisew and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.