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A -- FAMILY STUDY OF NPC AND OC IN TAIWAN SOL NHLBI-DR-00-04 DUE 121599 POC Kristiane Cooper, 301-435-0330 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer, kc116y@nih.gov. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, on behalf of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), intends to negotiate a two year noncompetitive contract with the National Taiwan University (NTU) to continue a family based field study of Nasopharyngeal Cacinoma (NPC)and Oral Cancer (OC). This has been an ongoing research study funded as a task order under a prior contract with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The contractor's responsibilities with NIDCR funding will include: i)continued case ascertainment based on review of medical center files of patients diagnosed with NPC and OC; ii)continued recruitment of multiplex families utilizing the existing field procedures manual; iii)continued execution of approved protocols for collecting specimens, recording observations, and coding; iv) continued processing and storage of blood samples according to established protocol; and v) continued shipping of coded samples to specified repository. NTU is uniquely qualified to continue this family study because of their exclusive access to the existing medical records and the study populations. NTU is in possession of all protocols for this family study and therefore is by necessity the only source capable of continuing this research effort. The authority is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Note 22. Posted 11/12/99 (W-SN400267). (0316)

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