The primary responsibility of an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center is the conduct of research that will lead to reductions in cancer morbidity and mortality.
Research Programs
The Arizona Cancer Center's five research programs - Cancer Biology and Genetics, Cancer Imaging, Cancer Prevention and Control, Gastrointestinal Cancer, and Therapeutic Development - work together to accomplish translational and clinical research with a major emphasis on discovery and the development and delivery of essential products to reduce the morbidity and mortality of cancer in the Southwest and nationally.
Research Institutes
The Arizona Cancer Center also has two institutes - the Skin Cancer Institute and the Cancer Health Disparities Institute - which bring people involved in innovative research, visionary clinical care, life-changing education and community outreach together into a coordinated group.
The Arizona Cancer Center has additional research initiatives and developing research programs in the areas of behavioral and social sciences, lymphoma, prostate cancer and women’s cancers.Research Initiatives