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Prostate and Urologic Cancers

Conducts and supports research on the prevention and early detection of prostate and bladder cancers. Develops and supports prevention trials and evaluation of new agents, surrogate biomarkers, and emerging technologies for identifying premalignant lesions.

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Major Programs

Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Asefa, Mela
mela.asefa@nih.gov
240-276-6422
5E328 Program Support Assistant | Breast and Gynecologic Cancer
Program Support Assistant | Prostate and Urologic Cancer
House, Margaret, RN, B.S.N.
margaret.house@nih.gov
240-276-7047
5E306 Deputy Chief | Prostate and Urologic Cancer
Parnes, Howard L., M.D.
howard.parnes@nih.gov
240-276-7045
5E302 Chief | Prostate and Urologic Cancer

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Forsberg, Flemming

Thomas Jefferson University
United States

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis by Multiparametric Ultrasound 5R01CA252311-05
Frazier, Anne Lindsay

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Assay Validation of a Circulating miRNA Test for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Malignant Germ Cell Tumors 5UH3CA240688-05 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Freedland, Stephen Jay

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

Intermittent Fasting using a Fasting-Mimetic Diet to Improve Prostate Cancer Control and Metabolic Outcomes 3R01CA280081-03S1 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Friday, Bret E.B.

Essentia Institute Of Rural Health
United States

Essentia Health Community Cancer Research Program - NCORP 3UG1CA189812-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Furuta, Saori

Case Western Reserve University
United States

Normalizing arginine metabolism with sepiaptein for immunostimulatory-shift ofHER2+ breast cancer 5R01CA248304-05
Fuschiotti, Patrizia

University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh
United States

Develop IL13Ra1 for diagnosis of early-stage mycosis fungoides 5R21CA280445-02 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Garcia, Jose M.

Seattle Inst For Biomedical/Clinical Res
United States

SArcopenia in Men with Prostate Cancer undergoing ADT (SAP-ADT) 5R01CA279220-02 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Geisler, Stefanie

Washington University
United States

Developing mechanism-based strategies to treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy 5R37CA267905-04 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Germain, Doris A

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

Exploring ovarian-derived hormone STC1 as the mediator of the protective effect of breast feeding against breast cancer. 5R21CA270702-02 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Germain, Doris A

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

Investigating the efficacy of g-Tocotrienol for the prevention of post-partum breast cancer 1R01CA301372-01 Anda Vlad, M.D., Ph.D.
Ghamande, Sharad A.

Augusta University
United States

Georgia CaRes 3UG1CA189851-11S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ghobrial, Irene M.

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Myeloma multidimensional precancer atlas 4U01CA294507-02 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Ghobrial, Irene M.

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Molecular prediction of myeloma in African Americans 5U01CA271492-04 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Ghosh, Jayashri

Temple Univ Of The Commonwealth
United States

Development of blood-based methylation biomarkers for CRC risk prediction 5R01CA281948-03 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Giles, Erin

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor
United States

Obesity, body fat distribution, and breast cancer risk: is visceral fat the culprit after menopause? 5R01CA269726-02 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.