UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
The UW Carbone Cancer Center is one of 22 NCI-designated cancer centers, and is collaborating with UW-CTRI to help cancer patients quit smoking. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore spoke with Cancer Today Magazine about the project.
A team of UW-CTRI researchers led by Dr. Jessica Cook have completed enrollment of a Merit Award study at the Veterans Administration (VA), enrolling 122 Veterans. They also have submitted an application for a second merit-award grant for a study that would help 500 more Veterans quit smoking or cut down. For the current Merit …