Notable Clinical and Research Activities
- UM Professor of pharmacology Angela H. Brodie, Ph.D., pioneered the development of a new class of breast cancer drugs, aromatase inhibitors, now the standard of care for women worldwide.
- UM Radiation oncology physicists developed direct aperture optimization (DAO), an IMRT planning technique that dramatically reduces treatment time.
- Research in new drug development and new anti-cancer drugs. Virtually every important drug in use in oncology today has been tested in this program, and the center has contracts in both the public and private sectors with a commitment to clinical and laboratory research.
- Strong translational research program in immunotherapy and biological therapy of cancer and is developing a gene therapy program focused primarily on hematologic malignancies.
- Leader in minority participation in clinical studies. More than 30 percent of participants are minorities, far exceeding the U.S. average of less than 10 percent.
- Partnership with the state of Maryland through the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, which provides funds to strengthen research programs, expand clinical trials, and recruit world-class scientists and cancer specialists.
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