# Program 3: Prostate Cancer

> **NIH NIH P30** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2020 · $2,949

## Abstract

Prostate Cancer Program
Project Summary / Abstract
The goal of the Prostate Cancer Program is to reduce the burden of prostate cancer through dedicated and
collaborative research. The Specific Aims for the next project period are to 1) Identify molecular mechanisms
driving the development and progression of prostate cancer and their interaction with germline genetic
variations and environmental factors; 2) Identify critical functions of androgen receptor in prostate cancer
development and progression and develop therapies that more effectively target this pathway while minimizing
side effects; and 3) Improve prostate cancer treatment through better use of individual clinical and molecular
characteristics to select or refine treatment and by the introduction of genetically based and other novel
therapeutic strategies. The program has 87 members, representing seven DF/HCC institutions and 13
academic departments. In 2014 peer-reviewed grant funding attributed to the Program was $7 million in total
costs from the NCI and $3.8 million from other sponsors. During the current funding period, Prostate Cancer
Program members published 1,860 cancer-relevant papers. Of these 33% were inter-institutional, 26% were
intra-programmatic, and 36% were inter-programmatic collaborations between two or more DF/HCC members.
Overall, when counted once, 27% of DF/HCC publications were inter-programmatic collaborations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10063137
- **Project number:** 3P30CA006516-55S4
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** Steven P. Balk
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $2,949
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10063137

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10063137, Program 3: Prostate Cancer (3P30CA006516-55S4). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10063137. Licensed CC0.

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