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ARPA-H lends award to project to develop precision surgical tools for cancer care
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ROCHESTER, MN − The Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been awarded an up to $33 million contract from the Advanced Research Funding Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Mayo Clinic and Illinois, through the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare, will work to develop precision surgical tools to help surgeons perform procedures accurately, providing real-time assessments for surgical decision-making in cancer care.
"Through this project, we aim to build a world where cancer care is precise, reliable and replicable," says Janani Reisenauer. M.D., a Mayo Clinic interventional pulmonologist and thoracic surgeon. "We will develop a scalable, affordable and easily implementable surgical technology that will transform healthcare."
The MarginDx project team will include Mayo Clinic's healthcare leadership and Illinois’ engineering and technological skills to advance the project. In collaboration with Illinois, Mayo Clinic's goal is to empower other healthcare institutions to improve patient outcomes with the strategic use of healthcare insights.
"The fact that approximately 20% of patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery have positive microscopic margins requiring a second operation in 2024 should not be acceptable. We are optimistic this partnership and novel technology can allow us to do better," said James Jakub, M.D., surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic.
Read more at the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance For Technology-Based Healthcare.
