Cancer Research

Researchers in the Division of Cancer Research are on the vanguard of cancer biology, investigating:

• How patients’ genes play a role in their cancer risk.
• What causes cancer and cancer metastasis.
• How cancer cells communicate with the neighboring normal cells.
• The epigenetic changes that play a role in developing drug resistance.
• Discovering new ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer.
• Identifying new targets for companion diagnostics with treatments that reduce side effects

Our collaborative approach harnesses expertise in cutting edge sciences to bring us closer to finding a cure for cancers that cause human mortality — like the metastatic forms of breast and prostate cancer — and the rapidly progressing types of pancreatic, lung, ovarian and head and neck cancers.