The DOD-CPDR is a comprehensive research program to
study prostate cancer and prostate disease in the triservice military
health care system. Established in 1991 (Public Law 102-172), the CPDR
has received funding from Congress through the U.S. Army Medical Research
and Materiel Command since 1992. Since its inception, the program has
progressed in an outstanding manner as evidenced by:
The largest, most comprehensive prostate cancer database in the
United States. Involving the Army, Air Force, and Navy at 10 military
medical centers, the program is a model for interservice cooperation
and research collaboration. With over 15,000 prostate cancer survivors
enrolled to date, the CPDR database is rapidly becoming a national resource.
The only free-standing prostate cancer research center in the U.S.
This 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art basic science laboratory facility
is attracting the best and brightest to study the disease. Using blood
and tissues collected from volunteering military beneficiaries, the
CPDR laboratory has amassed a large bank of prostate cancer specimens
that are serving to unravel the genetics of the disease.
A prostate cancer clinical trials center at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center. Recognizing that too few men have participated in clinical trials
in the past, this Center will make state-of-the-art research trials
available to deserving military health beneficiaries. The Center is
open to all beneficiaries worldwide.
The
Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) will conduct basic science
and clinical research programs that strive to combat diseases of the
prostate. It will integrate basic and clinical science studies to improve
early detection and prognostic factors and develop potential treatments
for prostate disease.
The
United States Congress established the Center for Prostate Disease Research
(CPDR) in 1991 to combat the increasing rate of occurrence of prostate
cancer. This unique Center integrates basic and clinical science practices
to develop refined detection techniques and promising treatments for
prostate disease.
CPDR
and its programs are composed of world-class leaders with diverse perspectives
and solid experience. Currently, our Direcors identify and and implement
the best governance practices and procedures that will be used to help
set high standards of honesty, integrity, and ethics throughout the
organization.
CPDR
is a growing fellowship of dedicated surgeons, pathologists, bioenformatics
specialists and molecular biologists set to defeat prostate cancer.
Join the dynamic research-oriented team of the Center for Prostate
Disease Research.
The Center for Prostate Disease Research has state-of-the art facilities
located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC and Uniformed
Services University-Rockville site, MD.
