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About FGB - From Dr. Jim Monte

Doug--to circulate if you wish

The Prostate Cancer Foundation has funded prostate cancer research at UM for more than 10 years, averaging approximately $300K/year in various grants. This financial support has been instrumental in developing at UM 2 new drugs, which will go into clinical trials this year and next year for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. The PCF support has also funded research by Dr Arul Chinnaiyan leading to the discovery of a fusion of 2 genes very early in the development of most prostate cancers, which could lead to important new biomarkers for the disease and a unique target for new therapies being developed. The PCF has made a huge difference in Michigan.

Thanks Jim

James E. Montie, M.D. Valassis Professor of Urologic Oncology