The Tulane Cancer Center (TCC) was established in 1993 to enhance biomedical education, to foster scientific discoveries in cancer, to translate the latest in sccientific discoveries to the clinical arena, and to provide a model for comprehensive cancer care that spans the continuum from public health approaches to prevention, to coordinated multidisciplinary treatment, to effective rehabilitation. The TCC counts 110 faculty members from 31 departments among its membership. Currently there are 34 funded cancer research projects in 29 active laboratories contributing to the educational and research environment within Tulane University Medical Center.
The TCC is organized into interdisciplinary task forces of basic scientists, oncology clinicians, epidemiologists, nurses, psychiatrists, nutritionists and other health professionals. Each team is led by a basic scientist to maximize the opportunities for translating laboratory discoveries to clinical care. Current areas of research and translation include bone cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoid cancer, myeloid malignancies, and lung cancer. Community outreach in cancer prevention and early detection is encompassed in the TCC Friends for Life Program, and psycho-social rehabilitation and counseling is offered in the TCC Patricia Trost Friedler Cancer Counseling Center.
