> CPDR History
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.
The CPDR is a Department of Defense (DoD) program affiliated with the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Armed Forces
Institute of pathology (AFIP), Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC),
and many tri-service military medical centers, and is a collaboration
with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.
The Center’s growth resulted in
the need for expanded basic and clinical research space. Accordingly,
a free-standing research site was opened in May of 1999; the Center
is equipped with basic research and molecular biology labs, as well as
a comprehensive prostate cancer patient database center; a prostate reference
library; a tumor tissue, DNA, RNA, cell, and serum bank; and an educational
center for military health care providers. In addition, the Center's clinical
research program expended to redesigned ward at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center(WRAMC) to accommodate the clinical program's expanded
patient load. The ward includes a clinical trial center, examining rooms,
and physician and clinical research offices.
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