Research and clinical trials As a world leader in cancer research, Mayo Clinic offers access to cancer clinical trials. Discoveries made during clinical trials may translate into leading-edge treatments.
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Areas of research. Cause. Early research on the cause of cancer was summarized by Haddow in 1958. The first chemical carcinogen was identified in 1928-29 as 1:2-5:6-dibenzanthracene, and the carcinogeneic substance in pitch was identified as 3:4-benzopyrene in 1933.
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Cancer resources. Get help finding a support group. Cancer education centers in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota; Living with cancer blog; Research and clinical trials. As a world leader in cancer research, Mayo Clinic offers access to cancer clinical trials. Discoveries made during clinical trials may translate into leading-edge treatments. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only multisite comprehensive cancer center. Resources
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Current topics of cancer treatment research include: 1  Anti-cancer vaccine — based on exposing some cancer cells extracted from a tumour to UV rays for 24 hrs then injecting them back into the organism, this approach has already been successful on rats. 2  Chemotherapy. 3  Gene therapy. 4  Photodynamic therapy. 5  Radiation therapy.
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Vaccines. 1  Hepatitis B vaccine: hepatitis B virus that leads to liver cancer. 2  HPV vaccine: human papillovirus HPV-16, HPV-18 for cervical cancer, genital warts, anal, vulvar, vaginal, penile, and HPV oral cancers. 3  Canine melanoma vaccine. 4  Oncophage. 5  Sipuleucel-T (Provenge) is a prostate cancer vaccine.
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Cancer research is basic research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatments. These applications include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and combined treatment modalities such as chemo-radiotherapy.
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Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only multisite comprehensive cancer center. Resources. Below are some helpful Internet resources on this topic. Mayo Clinic does not own or control any of these sites and is not responsible for their content. Inclusion of these sites does not imply endorsement by Mayo Clinic. www.cancer.gov National Cancer Institute
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Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatments. These applications include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and combined treatment modalities such as chemo-radiotherapy. Starting in the mid-1990s, the empha
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Areas of expertise. 1  Brain tumors. 2  Breast cancer. 3  Digestive system cancers (such as colon, pancreas, liver, stomach, esophagus) 4  Endocrine cancers (such as thyroid, adrenal, salivary) 5  Genitourinary cancers (such as prostate, bladder, kidney, testis) 6  Gynecologic cancers (such as uterus, ovary, cervix)
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cancer research definition
Cancer research is basic research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.