The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, located in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, is committed to exploring and developing innovative ways to prevent and reduce cancer’s devastating effects through a collaborative research program involving more than 200 renowned researchers and physicians. UChicago’s Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of only two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Illinois and has earned a reputation for excellence, innovation, and a commitment to addressing cancer from every angle.

Seminal discoveries made at UChicago have stimulated the development and introduction of many of the cancer treatments used today. Many of the roots of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, gene therapy, and bone marrow transplantation can be traced to UChicago. For example, Dr. Janet D. Rowley made many breakthroughs vital to understanding the relationships between genetics and cancer, and opened the door to effective targeted therapies for leukemias and lymphomas.

This legacy of discovery drives our researchers to pursue breakthroughs that will lead to new and better cancer treatments. Together, we can #AnswerCancer.

Website: uchicagomedicine.org/cancer/