# Cancer Imaging & Early Detection Research Program (Project-004)

> **NIH NIH P30** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $43,892

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – CANCER IMAGING & EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM 
The goal of the Cancer Imaging and Early Detection Program is to advance cancer research, early cancer 
detection, and cancer management by carrying out novel research using multimodality anatomical and 
molecular imaging (MI) strategies and in vitro diagnostics. This goal will be achieved through the 
development and application of multimodality imaging strategies to reveal the molecular basis of cancer, to 
develop multiparametric diagnostic tools and to advance the effective treatment for cancer. The program is 
comprised of investigators from eight specialty areas: imaging instrumentation/engineering; 
modeling/biostatistics; chemistry; molecular imaging; in vitro diagnostics; cancer biology/proteomics; 
mouse models/small animal imaging applications in cancer therapy; and clinical oncology. Research by 
program members has resulted in new tools for imaging and new insights into cancer biology and 
responses to therapy. Exciting advances include the development of new clinical imaging instrumentation 
at the interface of radiology and pathology; methods to image targeted therapies; next-generation probes 
for imaging apoptosis/angiogenesis; innovative endoscopic optical imaging strategies; cell sorting devices 
for in vitro diagnostics; advances in instrumentation for small animal imaging; and direct application of 
clinical cancer imaging strategies. The Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) has assisted the program by 
facilitating recruitments, enhancing the instrumentation for small animal imaging, and providing resources 
for collaborative projects. The program adds value to the SCI by bringing biologists, chemists, engineers, 
radiologists, computational scientists and clinical and translational researchers together to solve the 
challenging problems in imaging and address unmet needs in oncology. 
Co-led by Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, and Christopher H. Contag, PhD, the 36 program members 
come from 10 departments in the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Humanities & Sciences. 
Members are major participants in one P50 program project (ICMIC), one U54 project (CCNE), two U01 
projects (EDRN, ICBP), two NCI T32 and one R25T funded postdoctoral training grants. The members are 
also actively engaged with other cancer centers around the country including the MD Anderson Cancer 
Center and are participating in clinical trials that involve centers beyond the USA (e.g., South Africa, 
Korea, China, and India). The leadership is united in its goals for program development to advance cancer 
imaging. The program has $11.3M in extramural funding (total costs) of which $8.9M is from the NCI, 
$1.5M from other NIH institutes. Since 2009, program investigators have published over 370 manuscripts 
relevant to cancer biology in peer-reviewed journals with 35% intra-programmatic, 31% inter-programmatic 
and numerous externally collaborative manuscripts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9936162
- **Project number:** 5P30CA124435-13
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** SANJIV S GAMBHIR
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $43,892
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9936162

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9936162, Cancer Imaging & Early Detection Research Program (Project-004) (5P30CA124435-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9936162. Licensed CC0.

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