Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will receive $7.3 million over the next five years from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to find new ways to treat esophageal cancer. This grant is a renewal of an NIH /NCI program funded over the last 10 years and is the only program of its kind funded by NCI for esophageal cancer.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2014/08/rustgi/
Penn Researchers Receive $7.3 Million Grant Renewal from NCI to Study Esophageal Cancer