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Cancer Biology

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The Department of Cancer Biology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is an interdisciplinary cancer research program that focuses on DNA damage and cellular defense, cell growth and survival, and cancer prevention and therapeutics.

The department offers a PhD in Cancer Biology through the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and also offers Postdoctoral Training.

News & Highlights

A group of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) is developing a way to treat cancer by using lasers to light up tiny nanoparticles and destroy tumors with the ensuing heat.

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The Wake Forest Baptist NCI-designated comprehensive cancer program recently received a three year accreditation with commendation award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS).

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If Pradeep K. Garg, Ph.D., of WFUBMC figures out why some smokers are more addicted to nicotine than others, it could lead to more successful smoking cessation treatments.

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The sixth annual Jenni’s Walk of Hope will be held Saturday May 8 at Bermuda Run Country Club to raise funds for melanoma cancer education and research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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 Researchers at WFUBMC and colleagues have identified the first genetic variant associated with aggressive prostate cancer.

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Last Updated 2/25/2010
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