Multidisciplinary clinics are available for breast, lung and prostate cancer. The gene therapy program represents a major research effort that is an integral part of the marrow transplantation program. New approaches are being developed using cellular immune therapy and biologic modification for the treatment of cancer. Special features include total body irradiation used for some transplant patients, three-dimensional conformal treatment planning, prostate seed implants and intraoperative radiation therapy. The Cancer Center has an intrinsic basic research component, focused on hematopoiesis, bone marrow stem cells and experimental transplantation.
Work includes studies on transplant regulation, integrins, cell cycle phenotype and gene expression.
Similar studies are also underway on the nature of brain stem cells and their hormonal regulation and transplantation in murine models, cytokine modulation of prostate and ovarian cancer, and the growth of cord blood stem cells in immuno-deficient mice. Cancer prevention and epidemiology are also prominent activities at the Cancer Center.