The below focus areas highlight the areas in which NFCR sees the greatest potential for developing cures for cancer in our lifetime. Select an area below to learn more about our impact, and the researchers working in the field.
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Circulating Tumor Cells
Live cancer cells detach from solid tumors, circulate in the bloodstream.
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Angiogenesis
A vital process in growth and development but also plays a role in disease
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GBM AGILE
A revolutionary global collaboration to test and develop new brain cancer treatments
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Genomics
The study of DNA and gene expression differences between cells
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Overcoming Drug Resistance
Cancer cells can resist the effects of treatment. Research is underway ...
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Precision Medicine
A new era in the treatment of cancer known as precision medicine is here
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Prevention & Early Detection
One of the best ways to reduce the number of patients dying from cancer …
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Targeted Cancer Therapies
Use of drugs to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, based on a person’s genes
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Therapeutic Antibody Engineering
Blood proteins that chemically combine with substances in the body
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Computational Drug Design
The process of finding and testing new treatments based on biological targets.
Immunology & Immunotherapy Research
Uses the body’s own immune system to fight cancer.
Early Detection & Intervention
One of the best ways to reduce the number of patients dying from cancer.
Combating Metastases
Any cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
GBM Agile
A revolutionary global collaboration to test and develop new brain cancer treatments.
Circulating Tumor Cells
Live cancer cells detach from solid tumors, circulate in the bloodstream.
Targeted Cancer Therapies
Use of drugs to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, based on a person’s genes.
Innovative Therapies
Promising innovations to treat and prevent cancer.
Angiogenesis
A vital process in growth and development but also plays a role in disease.
Overcoming Drug Resistance
Cancer cells can resist the effects of treatment. Research is underway.
Precision Medicine
A new era in the treatment of cancer known as precision medicine is here.
Molecular Imaging
Provides pictures of what is happening inside our bodies.
Therapeutic Antibody Engineering
Blood proteins that chemically combine with substances in the body.
Computational Drug Design
The process of finding and testing new treatments based on biological targets.
