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Lisa Kurtz Luciano Appendix Cancer and PMP Clinical Investigator Award

(ACPMP)APPENDIX CANCERPSEUDOMYXOMA

Funding Amount

$100,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Lisa Kurtz Luciano Appendix Cancer and PMP Clinical Investigator Award

Funder: ACPMP Research Foundation (administered by Society of Surgical Oncology - SSO)

Award Amount: $100,000

Geographic Scope: Not restricted (international eligible)

Focus Areas:

  • Clinical and translational research

  • Appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)
  • Program Description:
    Named in memory of ACPMP founder Lisa Kurtz Luciano, this award supports clinical investigator research focused on appendix cancer and PMP. The award recognizes promising research that advances clinical understanding and treatment of these rare cancers.

    Recent Recipients:

  • 2026: Beth Helmink, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center - "A novel bidirectional therapeutic strategy for appendiceal adenocarcinoma"

  • 2025: Oliver Eng, MD, University of California, Irvine - "Metabolic Therapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei"
  • Background:

  • Award established new in 2025

  • Named to honor ACPMP founder Lisa Kurtz Luciano

  • ACPMP has distributed over $2,105,000 in the form of 46 research grants to date
  • Contact:

  • Email: info@acpmp.org

  • Phone: (833) 227-6773

  • Address: 751 Sproul Road #1057, Springfield, PA 19064
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    cancerscience-research

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