Clinical trials for patients with metastatic prostate cancer who have failed hormonal therapy are being developed. These studies may be done in cooperation with one of the national cooperative groups or may be locally initiated industry sponsored trials. This study is being done in cooperation with several other cancer centers across the southeastern United States. This project involves the use of specialized diagnostic techniques to detect early spread of the melanoma to lymph nodes and immunotherapy to reduce the risk of further metastatic disease. Several clinical trials for the treatment of adult leukemia are active.
Several trials are open for treatment of brain tumors within the radiation therapy oncology group.
Several clinical trials are open for patients with ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and cervical cancer. Here is a general description of clinical research at the South Carolina Cancer Center. Faculty, fellows and graduate students from the USC Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing and Pharmacy and the South Carolina Cancer Center-Palmetto Richland are located together in space dedicated to the division in the cancer center. The major focus is on cancers of the colon, breast, prostate, cervix and cancers of childhood. The division of population studies maintains close ties with the basic research program of the South Carolina Cancer Center.