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Cancers of Childhood Research
The Center for Cancer and Immunology Research scientists use advanced methods that combine cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, and state-of-the-art therapies to research, diagnose, and treat cancers of childhood.
The following tumor types are specifically studied:
Faculty who study cancers of childhood:
Clinical Trials
Children’s National Medical Center plays an active role in childhood cancer research, education, and advocacy. Through participation in more than 100 clinical trials, Children’s National strives not only to cure cancer, but to minimize the side effects of treatment. Faculty at Children’s National serve as study chairs for several national and international clinical trials in acute leukemia, brain tumors, renal tumors, bone tumors, and other solid tumors. In addition, Children’s National is the only center in the region and one of only a handful in the country with access to Children’s Oncology Group’s Phase I trials and Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium protocols.
- Anne Angiolillo, MD
- Max J Coppes, MD
- Jeff Dome, MD
- Terry Fry, MD
- Pamela Hinds, RN
- Shana Jacobs, MD
- Kathy Kelly
- Stephan Ladisch, MD
- Holly Meany
- Roger Packer, MD
- Greg Reaman, MD
- Brian Rood, MD
- Reuven Schor, MD
Cancer and Immunology
As a part of the multi-disciplinary Immunology Group (IIG), the Center for Cancer and Immunology studies the basic science of tumor immunology and how the body fights, or doesn’t fight, the growth of cancers. Specific areas of study include:
- Cancer immunotherapy
- Cellular mechanisms of tumor growth and inhibition (tumor-host interactions and cellular signaling)
Faculty
Molecular Oncology
Basic science studies of specific tumor types can yield important genetic information about how tumors begin to grow, and the mechanisms that permit unchecked growth to continue. Through analysis of the genetic and proteomic (protein) make-up of actual tumor cells, researchers can learn how to target treatments more effectively, by identifying genetic contributors to tumor growth either controlling gene expression and cell signaling of the tumor cells directly, or teaching the body’s immune system to recognize tumor cells and attack them to prevent relapse or tumor growth.
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