Patients and Families First: We advance patient care through research.

 

We believe that cancer is best understood using the principles of Ecology.  We think that cancer is an invasive "species" in the human body. This unique perspective guides us to new research discoveries, new ways to diagnose and monitor cancers, and new ways to treat this devastating disease. 

 

 
 
Special ways to identify cancer cells in blood:  Circulating tumor cells found in the blood of a prostate cancer patient.

Our research is guided by using ecology and evolutionary principles to understand, diagnose, and treat cancer. (Image of a cancer cell hiding in the blood)

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Find out about our mission and our laboratory and clinical research at the Cancer Ecology Center. 

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Special ways to image cancer:  PSMA-F18 PET scan demonstrating cancer hidden in lymph nodes.

Our treatments are based on understanding how cancer adapts to treatment. We are working on designing adaptive and extinction therapies.  (Image of PSMA-F18 PET scan demonstrating cancer hidden in lymph nodes).

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