Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core for Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE
Official title: Core C: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Funded at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · NIH-11415668 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A dedicated Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core will support researchers working on prostate cancer by guiding study design, data handling, and advanced analyses.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Seattle, United States) |
| Project start | September 19, 2002 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $165,555 |
| NIH project number | 5P50CA097186-25 |
| Project ID | NIH-11415668 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Patients with prostate cancer could benefit from advances supported by this Core through improved research quality and future therapies.
✕Less likely to help
Direct patient benefit may be limited to those participating in future SPORE-led studies or trials.
What this research studies
If you or your loved one has prostate cancer, this core helps ensure researchers use robust study designs and accurate analyses to uncover meaningful findings. The Core provides expertise in planning studies, processing data, and applying bioinformatics tools to interpret molecular information from patient samples. It also develops new analytic methods when existing tools aren’t sufficient, aiming to accelerate discoveries that could benefit future patients. Based at Fred Hutch, the Core collaborates with multiple SPORE investigators to link data collection, measurement, and analysis throughout the research program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Improved reliability and speed of discovery for prostate cancer treatments and biomarkers.
How similar studies have gone: Similar biostatistics and bioinformatics cores have supported cancer SPORE programs and shown to strengthen study validity and discovery.
Where this research is happening
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Etzioni, Ruth D — Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Study coordinator: Etzioni, Ruth D
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.