Project Purple, based in Beacon Falls, announces the funding of a research grant to Dr. Eugene J. Koay at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for $150,000.
This grant was made possible in part by the Rochanne Hackett fund — recently created at Project Purple to support clinical research.
Pancreatic cancer is the third most common cause of cancer related deaths in the United States and has a five-year survival rate of less than seven percent. Helping patients and their families, Project Purple is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds toward a cure for pancreatic cancer.
“This grant is once again a testament to our mission in helping to find a cure of pancreatic cancer while working with some of the top scientists in the world,” Project Purple Founder and CEO Dino Verrelli said. “We are thankful to the Hackett family for their support of our mission and for the team at MD Anderson working on this project in hopes of progress with this disease. “
“Because pancreatic cancer can be cured if it is found at its earliest stages, the team at MD Anderson will investigate how diagnostic images from CT or MRI may be analyzed to help identify subtle abnormalities in the pancreas. This may help early detection efforts for pancreatic cancer and could eventually translate to better survival rates for the disease,” Koay said.
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