The Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE), one of eight Prostate Cancer SPOREs in the nation, represents a coordinated effort between Fred Hutch, University of Washington and its affiliated institutions, the University of British Columbia and the Prostate Centre of Vancouver General Hospital, and Oregon Health and Sciences University, working together toward a common goal of reducing morbidity and mortality associated with prostate cancer.
This work begins with gaining a better understanding of this disease via established programs with strengths in translational prostate cancer research including basic, clinical, and population sciences, as well as career development.
The consortium aims to focus on finding molecular and other factors associated with the risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression as well as its response – and resistance – to treatment. To this end, it is structured around five research projects, some ongoing and some new.
Supporting these research projects are four shared resource cores:
Exercise can help those living with prostate cancer to overcome the side effects of androgen-deprivation therapy, and it may have helpful effects on cancer biology. Yet many people with prostate cancer aren’t sure how to start an exercise routine. Fred Hutch experts and local patients created a series of videos to show people with prostate cancer how to safely exercise at home to improve their health.
The NCI renews the PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE through 2023. This iteration of the project is led by Drs. Peter S. Nelson, Janet L. Stanford, and Dan W. Lin. This continuing 5-year, $11.14M award will support the exceptional resources and infrastructure created by the SPORE and the continued efforts to translate groundbreaking basic science research to clinical therapies.
The PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE is awarded an $11.3 million, five-year competitive grant renewal for its continued leadership of a multi-center prostate cancer research consortium whose collective goal is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with prostate cancer. This continuation represents a coordinated effort between four institutions, each with established programs and strengths in translational prostate cancer research.
NCI renews the PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE grant under the direction of Dr. Peter Nelson, PI, and co-PIs, Drs. Janet Stanford and Paul Lange. A new five-year, $11.8 million grant was awarded to further the PNW SPORE’s aim to address fundamental questions underlying prostate cancer risk, prognosis, and therapeutic response, reinforcing the reputation of the Pacific Northwest consortium as a major force in prostate cancer research.
NCI awards Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center $12.7 million to lead a multi-center, multi-project, five-year investigation into the genetic mechanisms of prostate cancer progression. Understanding how and why prostate cancer can turn deadly is key to developing therapies that may effectively treat men with recurrent or advanced prostate cancer, for which there is no cure. Under the direction of Principal Investigator (PI) Paul Lange, MD, and co-PIs Janet Stanford, PhD, and Peter Nelson, MD, the initiative involved more than 50 investigators from four institutions in Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
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