SPECIFIC DETECTION OF CERVICAL CANCERS USING CYTOMETRY-BASED MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC


Year of Award:
2010
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R33
Project Number:
CA140084
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-09-007
Technology Track:
Molecular & Cellular Analysis Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
ROBINSON, JOSEPH PAUL
Other PI or Project Leader:
DAVISSON, VINCENT JO
Institution:
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Cervical cancer is second to breast cancer as the most common form of malignancy in both incidence and mortality for women worldwide. The population-wide utilization of screening cervical cytology (Pap tests) has been associated with a dramatic decrease i