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TABLE 3-3 National Cancer Institute Minority Initiatives Supported by the NIH Office of Research on Minority Health (FY 1997)
Projects
ORMH
Institute
Minority Adolescent HIV and Treatment Project
1,750,000
0
Enrollment of Minorities in NCI Clinical Trials
59,535
0
Overcoming Impediments to Participation of Minorities and Special Populations in Clinical Trials
500,000
0
Minority Participation in NCI-Sponsored Clinical Trials
1,000,000
0
Barriers to Latino-American Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
21,011
0
Procurement of Prostate Tumor Tissues from African-American Patients
52,326
0
Determination of Correlation Between Androgen Receptor CAG Trinucleotide Repeat Length and Prostate Cancer Risk
291,000
0
Small Grant for Women and Minority Recruitment
68,120
0
Cohort Study of African-American Men with Prostate Cancer
77,225
0
Caucus on Prostate Cancer and Minorities
45,528
0
Preventing Cancer in Hispanic Communities
249,954
0
Collaborative Clinical and Molecular Correlative Studies
350,000
0
Institute of Medicine Minority Cancer Study
600,000
0
Baylor College of Medicine—Biennial Symposium on Cancer and Minorities
30,000
0
NCI International Program Middle East Conference
250,000
0
Regional Grantsmanship Workshops for Minority Investigators
100,000
0
Minority Research Supplements
750,000
0
TOTAL
6,179,171
0
SOURCE: NIH Office of Research on Minority Health.
investigators, for grants conferences to stimulate ethnic minority participation in clinical trials, supplemental funding for basic research related to prostate cancer and ethnic minorities, and small supplements for minority cancer control and prevention programs.
ORMH's estimates of its expenditures on cancer-related research may overstate the amount of funding that directly addresses the cancer research needs of ethnic minority and medically underserved populations. As noted above, funding for the Minority Adolescent HIV and Treatment project represents a large proportion of ORMH's allocation for cancer research. The committee questions, however, the relevance of this project for cancer research. Although neoplasms are a significant health concern among patients suffering from AIDS and HIV-related complications, an overview of the Minority Adolescent HIV and Treatment Project supplied
