For Cancer Researchers

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Resources to Help You Conduct Cancer Research

As a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, we dedicate significant resources toward developing research programs, faculty and facilities that will lead to better and innovative approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Biological Sciences Division
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Membership

Learn about the expectations for membership in the Comprehensive Cancer Center and the many benefits for our members.
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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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Cancer Research Programs

Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators are organized into four integrated scientific programs. Each program focuses on promising research paths.
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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.
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Research Training Opportunities

We offer rich research opportunities for predoctoral and postdoctoral training among a wide range of disciplines.

Cancer Articles

New cancer center groundbreaking event on Sept. 19, 2023
UChicago Medicine breaks ground on $815M project to build state’s first freestanding cancer care and research pavilion
Therese McGee received CAR T-cell therapy for cancer and is now in remission
‘We’re gonna get this’: How CAR T-cell therapy helped a 72-year-old lymphoma patient become cancer-free
Map of new UChicago Medicine hematology oncology locations
UChicago Medicine acquires 4 oncology centers in Northwest Indiana
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Adding immune modulator to targeted therapy does not improve survival in difficult-to-treat thyroid cancer
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Understanding health risks for childhood cancer survivors
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New study shows promising evidence for sickle cell gene therapy
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UChicago Medicine recognized as America's Best Hospital in three categories by Newsweek
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University of Chicago Medical Center ranks among nation’s best in 10 specialties, according to U.S. News survey
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Targeting metabolic and inflammatory pathways suppresses tumor growth in pancreatic cancer