Areas of Cancer Research | Holden

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Our research helps bring you the safest and most effective treatment.

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center joins the ranks of the nation’s premier cancer centers in our research mission to eliminate the burden of cancer.

For nearly every cancer type, the treatment you receive today shows the fruits of time-tested research. Our comprehensive approach to cancer research assures that your care will be among the most up-to-date and effective ways to treat your particular cancer.

Program 1: Cancer Genes and Pathways (CGP)

How do cancer cells behave in the body?

Program 2: Experimental Therapeutics (ET)

How do you best harm cancer cells without harming healthy cells?

Program 3: Free Radical Metabolism and Imaging (FRMI)

How do unstable molecules in the body cause damage and how are they best detected?

Program 4: Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS)

How do cancer cases spread through a region and how can they best be prevented?

Administration

Iowa Residual Tissue Repository

The repository preserves and catalogs cancerous tissue samples for use by researchers.

MOGs and SPOREs

We use special terms for our teams: MOGs and SPOREs.

Oncology Registry

Holden operates the Oncology Registry, a record of the history and treatment of patients with cancer and precancerous conditions.