2010 - Free to Breathe Young Investigator Research Grant - Roswell Park Cancer Institute / State University of New York at Buffalo - Sai Yendamuri, MD

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2009 Free to Breathe Young Investigator Research Grant

Sai Yendamuri, MD

Roswell Park Cancer Institute / State University of New York at Buffalo

Research Project:

Predicting Recurrence of Lung Cancer

Summary:

Although early stage lung cancer is often curable with surgery, up to 30% to 40% of these cancers will recur. Predicting which patients have a high risk of recurrence would allow more aggressive treatment in the beginning, potentially curing more people. Dr. Yendamuri’s research aims to understand whether looking at a set of genetic components, micro RNAs, can predict who will experience disease recurrence, and whether these micro RNAs can be used to detect recurrence earlier than is now possible.