Breakthroughs in childhood cancer research and treatment over the last three decades have led to a cure rate of more than 70 percent for some types of children’s cancers. The HCI Center for Children's Cancer Research continually aims to improve the cure rate for all childhood cancers by developing superior treatments through scientific research.
To advance cancer treatment, it is necessary to think on the cellular level—where cancer begins. HCI Center for Children 's Cancer Research researchers focus on understanding the “genetic blueprint” of a cancer cell, working to identify what goes wrong in cells to cause different types of cancer. |
By understanding more about how cancer cells function, researchers hope to correct defects by altering, interrupting, or inactivating them. This type of research could lead to new anticancer drugs designed specifically to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue in the body.
Educating Future Physician-Scientists
The HCI Center for Children's Cancer Research helps educate the next generation of childhood cancer physician-scientists. Trainees work alongside nationally renowned experts in clinics at Primary Children’s Medical Center and in research labs at Huntsman Cancer Institute and may include
- graduate students
- medical and surgical residents
- postdoctoral fellows
These trainees view research with a clinical eye, which leads to the latest discoveries and the newest ideas.
For More Information
Huntsman Cancer Institute Center for Children's Cancer Research
University of Utah
2000 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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