Cancer Research & Clinical Trials

Cancer Research & Clinical Trials

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Leading-Edge Cancer Research

Our cancer specialists, including surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, are some of the world's leading experts in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment. They are committed to unlocking the mysteries of this disease and are behind some of the most important advances in cancer therapy and research.

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of only two National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Illinois and has earned an international reputation for excellence and a commitment to addressing cancer from every angle. Our physicians and researchers have been elected to numerous positions in professional and honorary societies, and they’ve won countless awards, including the Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Cancer News & Publications
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Participate in a Cancer Clinical Trial

Find a clinical trial that's right for you. As a lead site for the Clinical Trials Network, we have more than 300 open therapeutic trials and enroll more than 1,000 patients each year.
Peter Pytel, MD, and Deric Park, MD looking in microsopes
Cancer Research Initiatives

Our researchers are committed to unlocking the mysteries of this disease, and are behind some of the most important advances in cancer therapy and research.
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Cancer Research Programs

Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators are organized into four integrated scientific programs. Each program focuses on promising research paths.
Jessica Donington, MD, Olatoysi Odenike, MD, and Stanley Liauw, MD
Our Cancer Researchers

Our scientists and clinicians have consistently expanded the boundaries of knowledge and transformed cancer care and prevention.
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SPORE Grants

Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grants are a cornerstone of the National Cancer Institute's efforts to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary translational cancer research.

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Core Facilities

The Biological Sciences Division provides shared technologies through Core Facilities, which provide specialized services in the support of research as well as serving as educational resources for the UChicago community.

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Membership

Learn about the expectations for membership in the Comprehensive Cancer Center and the many benefits for our members.
Nishant Agrawal, MD, and patient
Clinical Research Support

An expert team of researchers, state-of-the-art equipment and considerable financial resources are required to unravel cancer’s vast complexity.
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Funding Opportunities

Learn about funding and award opportunities to fuel cancer research.

Cancer Articles

Cristian Carpio is a long-time participant in UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summer research programs: Creating life-changing experiences for high school and undergraduate students
Researchers have long suspected that interleukin-12 could be a powerful cancer treatment, but it caused dangerous side effects. Now, Pritzker Molecular Engineering researchers have developed a version of the molecule that activates when it reaches a tumor, whereupon it eradicates cancer cells.
‘Masked’ cancer drug sneaks through body to deliver anti-tumor treatment with fewer side effects
Pictured (left to right): Nan Chen, MD; Xiaoyang Wu, PhD; Scott Oakes, MD; Ray Moellering, PhD; Marsha Rosner, PhD; Margarite Matossian, MD, PhD; Rita Nanda, MD.
Ullman Family Team Science Award to support novel breast cancer research
A 3D illustration of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.
Study shows promising results for triple-drug therapy for post-transplant management of multiple myeloma
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Protecting teens and preteens from HPV-related cancers: What parents need to know about the vaccine, risk and more
A medical professional discusses options with a patient who is wearing a head scarf.
UChicago Medicine receives American Cancer Society grant for oncology patient navigation program
Laura Furmanek
Encouraging new drug helps Northwest Indiana woman with relapsed ovarian cancer
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Black women more likely to die from breast cancer: What factors are influencing this disparity and how can they be addressed?
Cancer in the blood outbreak and treatment for malignant cells in a human body caused by carcinogens and genetics with a cancerous cell as an immunotherapy and leukemia or lymphoma symbol and medical therapy as a 3D render.
ASH meeting brings blood cancer experts together in person for the first time since the pandemic