NCI Awards $10M to Montefiore Einstein Team for Breast Cancer Relapse Study
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Bronx, N.Y. – – November 03, 2026 -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to a multi-institutional team led by Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D., of Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC). The money will fund research into the biological processes behind breast cancer relapse and into ways to predict and prevent recurrence.
The NCI estimates that up to 685,000 people die from breast cancer worldwide each year. Nearly all fatal cases involve disease that returns in other organs years or decades after surgery, chemotherapy or radiation.