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University of Pittsburgh receives grant for research on cancer and aging

in Allegheny County and western Pennsylvania, where the proportion of elderly residents is especially high.

"One of our major goals for this award is to better understand the needs and concerns of older adults with cancer," said Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H., professor of geriatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and co-principal investigator of the project. "We look forward to listening and learning from older adults, their families and primary care physicians."

The project at the University of Pittsburgh will focus on clinical trials to test treatment efficacy and tolerance in older cancer patients, behavioral and social issues faced by the elderly and the biology of aging. The goals of the project are to develop and implement methods to reduce barriers to care; to perform research studies to better understand the immunobiology of cancer in elderly patients; to develop and test methods to address co-morbidity (the occurrence of two or more medical conditions at the same time) in older patients; and to test promising medical, behavioral and social interventions.

UPCI is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in western Pennsylvania, serving the region's population of more than 6 million. UPCI is a recognized leader in providing innovative biomedical research into the cause and course of cancer.

The division of geriatric medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is one of the largest and considered one of the best academic geriatric divisions in the United States. It has one of the nation's largest groups of fellowship-trained and board-certified geriatricians and has developed an extensive community- and clinic-based care network throughout the western Pennsylvania region. In 2001 the division was designated a national Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine by the John A. Hartford Foundation, placing it within a select group of centers around the United States. The
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Contact: Kathryn Duda
DudaK@upmc.edu
412-647-3555
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
6-Nov-2003


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