2013 annual plan application of the overhead for institutional infrastructure costs to develop research projects conducted at A. C. Camargo Cancer Center which are granted by FAPESP

• Grant number: 13/22731-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Lourdes Aparecida Marques
• Grantee: Lourdes Aparecida Marques
• Host Institution: A C Camargo Cancer Center. Fundação Antonio Prudente (FAP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Fundação Antônio Prudente, sponsor of the A. C. Camargo Cancer Center is an important Oncology's Institution in Brazil and Latin America. Since the beginning in 1953, it has been working as a Center for research, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and also has been responsible for the training of specialist professionals in Oncology. The high quality of studies at the institution has reached national and international impact with a large amount of published articles and developed protocols. In order to keep the quality of the services, it is necessary to provide an infrastructure to support exams of research projects, especially for projects of some specialties, through the acquisition of the following equipment: mobile digital radiology system. The equipment radiology digital mobile will allow to do more exams, which will result in a better treatment and recovery of patients (AU)