Academic-Industrial Partnership for Barrett's Esophagus Detection and Risk Assessment

$7.91M USD

Funder	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
Recipient Organization	Johns Hopkins University
Country	United States
Start Date	Mar 01, 2024
End Date	Feb 28, 2029
Duration	1,825 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Principal Investigator
Data Source	NIH (US)
Grant ID	`10797282`

Grant Description

Summary. This is a Type 2 R01 renewal application to continue studying Barrett’s esophagus (BE), a premalignant condition wherein the normal squamous esophageal lining is replaced by a specialized metaplastic columnar epithelium in response to chronic gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). BE patients carry an increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma

(EAC), a rapidly growing, lethal malignancy (5-year survival