Grants boost head, neck cancer research
By Dagney Stuart
November 20, 2009
Wendell (Dell) Yarbrough, M.D., associate professor of Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology, has been awarded two federal Challenge Grants for the study of head and neck cancer.
The two-year grants, totaling more than $1.4 million, are part of the federal government's stimulus package and are funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The Challenge Grants are among the most competitive, with only about 3 percent of applications receiving funding.
“I am very excited and honored to receive these important grant awards to investigate potential new research and treatment options for Head and Neck cancer,” said Yarbrough, director of the Barry Baker Laboratory for Head and Neck Cancer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Head and neck cancers occur in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat or larynx (voice box).
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