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LSU leaders outline NCI cancer‑center plan; Board approves comparative oncology center
Summary
LSU Health Sciences presented progress toward National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, reported current peer‑reviewed grant totals and recruitment plans, and the Board approved creation of a new comparative oncology research center linking human and veterinary cancer research.
LSU Health Sciences briefed the Board of Regents on progress toward National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation for a regional cancer center and won approval to create a new center for comparative oncology that pairs veterinary and human cancer research.
Doctor Lucio Miele, director of the LSU‑LCMC Cancer Center initiative, told Regents the state faces high cancer incidence and mortality in the tri‑state area and that designation would expand research, clinical trials and prevention efforts. He said the NCI requires a minimum threshold of peer‑reviewed direct funding (commonly cited as $10 million per year in direct cancer‑related funding) and expects centers to demonstrate regional scientific…
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