PORTLAND, Maine – Cancer patients across Maine and Carroll County will have access to more advanced clinical trials in their home communities, thanks to a major federal research grant awarded to the MaineHealth Cancer Care Network.
The six-year, $5.1 million award from the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program is the single largest grant ever extended by the National Cancer Institute for clinical cancer research and cancer clinical trials in the state of Maine.
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