The content on this page has been modified from the original. This document can be downloaded in its entirety from our Download page. The real uniqueness of a research-oriented cancer center, particularly one with broad programs, is its dual capacity to generate new knowledge and to interact with its communities to assure that new knowledge benefits people. This interaction may occur in many ways.
Centers assure that medical advances are made available to people as soon as feasible.
9.0 Research Programs 9.1 Goals. Cancer centers exist to foster research, in part through the creation of formal Programs . A Program is the activities of a group of investigators who share common scientific interests and goals and participate in competitively funded research. Programs by their very nature should be highly interactive and lead to the exchange of information, experimental techniques, and ideas that enhance the individual productivity of scientists and often result in collaborations and joint publications. Ultimately the success of Programs is measured by the emergence of productive collaborations.