Researchers awarded grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation

(Boston University Medical Center) Tony Godfrey, PhD, associate chair of research in the department of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center, was recently awarded a two-year, $225,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Research & Education. Godfrey, who is also an associate professor of surgery at BUSM, will use the funding to study Barrett's Esophagus (BE). People with BE are at increased risk for a type of cancer called esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news