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Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers Research Group

About the Research Group

Mission

  • Designs, develops, implements and monitors research efforts for gastrointestinal and other cancers in the areas of chemoprevention, nutrition, and other prevention strategies that include nutritional, pharmacologic, biologic, genetic, vaccines or immunologic interventions and cancer screening and early detection.
  • Designs, develops and implements research through clinical trials screening, testing and validating new technologies that identify premalignant lesions.
  • Monitors clinical trials to develop agents using measures of efficacy that include modulation of surrogate endpoint biomarkers or cancer incidence reduction.
  • Interacts and communicates with extramural and intramural investigators in other NCI divisions and organizations of the National Cancer Program.

Staff


Name/EmailRoom/Phone
Ellen Richmond, MS, RN, GNP
richmone@mail.nih.gov		 EPN 2148
(301) 435-2466
Luz M. Rodriguez, MD
rodrigul@mail.nih.gov		 EPN 2144
(301) 594-5443
Asad Umar, DVM, PhD
umara@mail.nih.gov		 EPN 2142
(301) 594-2684
Gary Della Zanna, DO, MSc
DellaZannagj@mail.nih.gov		 EPN 2143
(301) 594-2684

Phone Number: (301) 594-2684
Fax Number: (301) 435-6344

U.S. Mail Address

Gastrointestinal & Other Cancers Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North, Room 2141
6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7317
Bethesda, MD 20892-7317

Commercial Delivery Address:

Gastrointestinal & Other Cancers Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North, Room 2141
6130 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20852