UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center 

Research Overview

Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, leader of the Molecular Oncology Program at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses advances in cancer research and how this research translates into the development of strategies for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancers.

Discovery, Innovation, Hope

When patients choose UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, they are choosing to get their care from a regional leader in basic and clinical research and innovative approaches to cancer diagnosis and treatment. Our center has unique collaborations with leaders in several disciplines that translate to clinical benefits for our patients. These partnerships also have resulted in new imaging techniques that improve cancer detection, better drug therapies and more effective approaches to treating and curing cancer.

Our Research Programs 

Our research programs are made up of Cancer Center members who are experts in varied disciplines and are interested in a related group of cancer challenges.

 

Molecular Oncology ResearchMolecular Oncology 

A growing cadre of scientific researchers working to unravel cancer’s molecular secrets to better diagnose and treat cancers

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Cancer Disparities ResearchPopulation Sciences and Health Disparities 

Research dedicated to understanding why cancer affects different people differently and ways to eliminate disparities

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Cancer Biology in AnimalsComparative Oncology 

Advances in cancer research and treatment for pets that could ultimately benefit human patients

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Prostate cancer researchProstate Cancer 

Urology department a top-funded research powerhouse, performing cutting edge work in prostate cancer research

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Cancer therapeutics researchCancer Therapeutics 

Innovative methods for identifying and finding new agents, delivery systems to treat cancer

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Biomedical technology researchBiomedical Technology 

A team of researchers with more than 20 active projects and nearly $24 million in funding

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