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IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center is the central hub for cancer research and education across Indiana University. Over the last three decades, its far-reaching discoveries have changed the way cancer is treated around the world. The center’s recent advances in genomics, immunotherapy, bioinformatics, and other sciences are transforming knowledge about cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis and survivorship.

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World-renowned researcher to continue innovative work in cancer therapy at IU

Pravin Kaumaya, PhD, a world-renowned innovator of vaccines for cancer treatment has joined the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the IU School of Medicine.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Feb 08, 2024

Lung cancer screenings to expand for Indiana veterans thanks to $1 million grant

Two researchers with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center have been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to expand lung cancer screenings to veterans across Indiana.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Dec 13, 2023

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center expands summer research programs for students and teachers with new grants totaling $3 million

More students than ever will be able to participate in meaningful cancer-focused research experiences through summer programs at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, thanks to two new five-year grants from the National Cancer Institute.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Dec 08, 2023

IU leukemia expert awarded $1 million grant from Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

An Indiana University leukemia physician-scientist has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to evaluate a new treatment for an extremely rare and incurable blood cancer.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 09, 2023

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers receive $2.4 million NCI grant to develop new pancreatic cancer treatments

Two researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to explore new therapies that target the critical pathways pancreatic tumors use to survive.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 06, 2023

$4.5 million gift from Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation funds mobile lung cancer screening program at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and IU Health

A mobile lung cancer screening program will soon take life-saving screenings to eligible high-risk Hoosiers statewide, thanks to a generous $4.5 million gift from the Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation that will include matching dollars from Indiana University Health, bringing its impact to $8.5 million.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Nov 03, 2023

IU cancer center researchers identify biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women

Researchers at Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are unlocking the biology behind aggressive breast cancers in Black women.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Oct 25, 2023

IU cancer center receives training grant for cancer drug discovery

he Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded a prestigious grant to train the next generation of cancer drug discovery and development researchers.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Oct 10, 2023

IU cancer researcher receives $2.2 million grant for metastatic breast cancer research

A breast cancer researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center received a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to examine how certain immune cells support metastatic breast cancer developmentā€”and how to stop it.

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center  |  Oct 03, 2023