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Early Detection

Advances research to determine the effectiveness and clinical impact – harms and benefits – of cancer early detection technologies and practices, including imaging and molecular biomarker approaches. Fosters technological development, statistical modeling, and dissemination of scientific findings to promote early cancer detection practices.

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Major Programs

Resources

Cancer Data Access System (CDAS)

Staff List

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Photo	Name, Email, Phone	Room	Group(s)/Office
	LeeVan, Elyse, M.D., M.P.H. elyse.leevan@nih.gov 240-276-7314	5E110	Program Officer \| Early Detection
	McCarty, Larae larae.mccarty@nih.gov 240-276-5777	5E322	Program Specialist \| Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Early Detection
	Miller, Eric, Ph.D. eric.miller2@nih.gov 240-276-5336	5E212	Program Officer \| Early Detection
	Ong, Mary Jane maryjane.ong@nih.gov 240-858-3296	5E120	Nurse Consultant \| Early Detection
	Pinsky, Paul, Ph.D. paul.pinsky@nih.gov 240-276-7014	5E108	Chief \| Early Detection
	Saxena, Neeraj, Ph.D. neeraj.saxena@nih.gov 240-276-6302	5E218	Program Officer \| Early Detection
	Zhu, Claire, Ph.D. claire.zhu@nih.gov 240-276-7013	5E106	Program Officer \| Early Detection

Grants

PI Name Sort descending	PI Organization	Title	Grant Number	Program Official
Debes, Jose Daniel	University Of Minnesota United States	Biomarkers for Early Detection of Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hispanics	1R37CA297814-01	Sidney Fu, M.D.
Delaney, Joe R	Medical University Of South Carolina United States	Biologic rationale of fallopian tube removal to prevent uterine serous carcinoma	1R21CA292343-01A1	Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Demb, Joshua Brian	University Of California, San Diego United States	Optimal early colorectal cancer screening initiation	4R00CA267181-03	Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Demehri, Shadmehr	Massachusetts General Hospital United States	Immunosurveillance of breast glands with oncogenic germline mutations	5UG3CA290300-02	Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.
Deng, Youping	University Of Hawaii At Manoa United States	Circulating lipid and miRNA markers for early detection of breast cancer among women with abnormal mammograms	5R01CA230514-05	Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Deng, Gary E	University Of California-Irvine United States	Acupuncture to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Sepsis: a Randomized Controlled Trial	7R21CA286330-03	Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Deng, Jie	University Of Pennsylvania United States	Placebo-Controlled Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial of Photobiomodulation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Chronic Lymphedema	1R01CA289307-01A1	Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dhakal, Soma	Virginia Commonwealth University United States	Single-Molecule High-Confidence Detection of miRNA Cancer Biomarkers	5R61CA278445-03	Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Diaz, Juan Sebastian Gomez	University Of California At Davis United States	A miniaturized neural network enabled nanoplasmonic spectroscopy platform for label-free cancer detection in biofluids	3R01CA273253-03S1	Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Dickinson, Sally E	University Of Arizona United States	Investigating novel targets for topical immunoprevention of keratinocytic skin cancer	1UG3CA290443-01A1	Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.
Digirolamo, Gregory James	Univ Of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester United States	Increasing Nodule Detection in Lung Cancer by Non-Conscious Detection of "Missed" Nodules and Machine Learning	5R01CA269903-04
Doescher, Mark P	University Of Oklahoma Hlth Sciences Ctr United States	Oklahoma Tribal, Rural, Urban Cancer Screening Trial ACCESS Hub	3UG1CA287044-02S1	Elyse LeeVan, M.D., M.P.H.
Doolittle, Gary C.	University Of Kansas Medical Center United States	The University of Kansas Cancer Center's- MCA Rural NCORP- extension	3UG1CA239767-06S1	Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Drake, Richard R.	Medical University Of South Carolina United States	Targeted Isolation and Identification of Sialylated Glycoproteins in Cancer Tissues, Cells and Biofluids	5R33CA267226-03
Drescher, Charles	Swedish Medical Center, First Hill United States	The Pacific Cancer Research Consortium (PCRC), an NCORP Community Site	3UG1CA189953-11S1	Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.