42 U.S.C. § 285a: Prostate cancer

The Director of the Institute, in consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on prostate cancer. The Director of the Institute shall coordinate the activities of the Director under subsection (a) with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health to the extent that such Institutes 1 and agencies have responsibilities that are related to prostate cancer. 1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. basic research concerning the etiology and causes of prostate cancer; clinical research and related activities concerning the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of prostate cancer; prevention and control and early detection programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–1 of this title , particularly as it relates to intensifying research on the role of prostate specific antigen for the screening and early detection of prostate cancer; an Inter-Institute Task Force, under the direction of the Director of the Institute, to provide coordination between relevant National Institutes of Health components of research efforts on prostate cancer; control programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–1 of this title ; information and education programs with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–2 of this title ; and research and demonstration centers with respect to prostate cancer in accordance with section 285a–3 of this title , including the development and operation of centers for prostate cancer research to bring together basic and clinical, biomedical and behavioral scientists to conduct basic, clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial, prevention and control, treatment, research, and related activities on prostate cancer. The Director of the Institute shall ensure that the research programs described in paragraph (1) are implemented in accordance with a plan for the programs. Such plan shall include comments and recommendations that the Director of the Institute considers appropriate, with due consideration provided to the professional judgment needs of the Institute as expressed in the annual budget estimate prepared in accordance with section 285a–2(9) 2 of this title. The Director of the Institute, in consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, shall periodically review and revise such plan. 2 So in original. Probably should be section “285a–2(b)(9)”. Not later than October 1, 1993 , the Director of the Institute shall submit a copy of the plan to the President’s Cancer Panel, the Secretary, and the Director of NIH. The Director of the Institute shall submit any revisions of the plan to the President’s Cancer Panel, the Secretary, and the Director of NIH. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the plan submitted under subparagraph (A), and any revisions submitted under subparagraph (C), to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.