The University of Minnesota Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Cancer Center membership brings together more than 400 professionals from a variety of disciplines, representing nine university colleges and schools and eight area hospitals and clinics. Members include researchers, physician-scientists, nurses, pharmacists and dentists. Through the Cancer Center and its research programs, members collaborate on investigations that improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and quality of life. The center also engages in community outreach and public education efforts addressing cancer. The center's director is Dr. John Kersey M.D.
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