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Cancer Imaging Research Program

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Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD

On Feb. 27, the NCI announced that it has allotted roughly $20 million over five years to fund a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at the School of Medicine.

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The Cancer Imaging Research Program works at the forefront of today’s revolution in anatomical and molecular imaging (MI) to advance discovery and innovation across all areas of cancer research and care.

As world-class experts from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering and Humanities & Sciences, program members collaborate between disciplines to develop powerful, new tools for tracking and analyzing the cellular, molecular and genetic processes of cancer as they occur in patients and animal models.

By expanding the reach of researchers and clinicians, these tools are leading to new insights into the underlying principles of cancer etiology and progression, as well as better patient outcomes through earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment delivery.

Among the program’s many breakthroughs are new methods for imaging cancer gene therapy, cell trafficking and apoptosis, novel instrumentation for imaging breast cancer and new interactive, 3-D models for the combined analysis of a patient’s biochemical and anatomical data.

Building on a long-standing tradition of innovation across Stanford University, the program leverages member expertise in:

imaging instrumentation/ engineering
modeling/biostatistics
chemistry
molecular imaging assay development
cancer biology/proteomics
mouse models/small animal imaging
clinical oncology

Current efforts focus on:

For more information, visit the Molecular Imaging Program
at Stanford website: (https://mips.stanford.edu)

Program Directors

Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD

Christopher Contag, PhD

 

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