Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Definition

The Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center received NCI-designated status in 1973. The Center has established programs in basic research (Cell Regulation and Transmembrane Signaling, Nucleic Acid Biology and Chemistry, Cellular and Structural Biology, and Molecular Oncology and Cancer Genetics); basic and translational research (Cancer Immunobiology, Radiation Oncology/Hyperthermia Research, Neuro-Oncology, Experimental Therapeutics); clinical and population research (Bone Marrow Transplantation, Breast and Ovarian Oncology, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research).