We are committed to advancing research on a disease that may cause close to 565,000 deaths in 2008, according to American Cancer Society estimates.
Innovative cancer prevention studies are:
- Expanding our understanding of cancer and diet
- Identifying new drugs or compounds that may prevent cancer
- Revealing abnormalities in our genes that may make us susceptible to cancer
- Addressing the mutation process that turns normal cells into cancerous ones
- Understanding the body's immune system and how it can fight the disease and
- Identifying markers that will help detect cancer at earlier, more curable stages