Feds award extra grants to Carle for research

URBANA – The Carle Cancer Center in Urbana will receive extra research grant money this year from the National Cancer Institute.

Carle operates one of 63 community clinical oncology programs in the nation, and was among 10 of those programs selected to receive extra grant money in addition to its annual funding in recognition of its "significant" contribution to cancer research and care, according to the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health.

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