Cancer Community Outreach

Cancer Community Outreach

Senior Fest cancer community booth

Advancing Care and Research in Our Community and Beyond

Finding new ways to detect cancer earlier and to prevent it altogether is a large part of our mission. Our experts are committed to reducing cancer’s burden in Chicago’s highly socioeconomically diverse, urban community. We strengthen links with neighboring communities with outreach and engagement that increases public awareness of advances in cancer research and encourages participation in cancer clinical trials. 

Community Benefit Report
Cancer News & Publications

Office of Community Engagement and Cancer Health Equity

The OCECHE is committed to serving local communities through research, education and outreach programs.

Chicago Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study

COMPASS is a study designed to understand how lifestyle, health care, environment and genetics affect health.

Institute for Population and Precision Health

The IPPH leverages advances in precision medicine to improve the ability to prevent disease, promote health and reduce health disparities in Chicago and beyond.

Urban Health Initiative

The UHI is UChicago Medicine’s community health department, which administers our population health and community benefit programs.

Community Benefit Report

UChicago Medicine provides an annual report of benefits and services we offer to improve health in our South Side communities.

Partner Organizations

The Comprehensive Cancer Center partners with UChicago, local and national organizations to further our mission to fight cancer.

We're Building Chicago's First Freestanding Cancer Center

The 575,000-square-foot facility will provide patients and the community access to the newest diagnostic innovations and leading-edge therapies.

Learn More About the New Cancer Center
Kunle Odunsi, MD, standing overlooking area where new cancer center will be built
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What Does It Mean to Be an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center?

An official comprehensive cancer center designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the highest federal rating a cancer center can achieve. Learn what's required to earn this designation and how the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center is shaping cancer care and research today and beyond.

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Cancer Articles

Jincong "Jason" Freeman presents his work on breast cancer disparities at several national oncology conferences.
Seeking solutions to make breast cancer care equitable
Portrait of Stella Seay
UChicago Medicine program helps lung cancer survivor stay smoke-free
Young Female Doctor Examine Mri Picture
Brain Cancer: What to watch out for and other FAQs
spreading cancer cells
Disrupting cancer cell-fat cell interactions prevents metastasis in ovarian cancers
Anne Kelley, BS, Kiranj Chaudagar, PhD, and Akash Patnaik, MD, PhD, MMSc
Personalized combination treatment turns on an immunometabolic switch to effectively control an aggressive form of prostate cancer
Breast cancer survivor Kathleen Humphries, front row, second from left, celebrates with her friends who helped her during her treatment.
A caregiver got breast cancer. Then a community of survivors and friends stepped up to help.
Gabrielle Silverman is now cancer-free, but her emotional journey inspired her to start a unique charity to help Comer Children
How my cancer journey led me to help patients facing food insecurity
A breast cancer survivor talks with a physician and a genetic counselor in a roundtable setting.
Roundtable Talk with UChicago Medicine: Genetics and Family History of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer survivors talk openly about why screenings are one of those things that women should never be “too busy” to skip.
Roundtable Talk with UChicago Medicine: The Importance of Screening for Breast Cancer