Translational Research
The translational research program of the South Carolina Cancer Center focuses on the biological changes that occur as a cancer cell develops. A multidisciplinary team of laboratory scientists is trying to discover what events happen at the cellular and molecular level that send a normal cell along the path towards cancer. The program focuses on some of the most common cancers in South Carolina including breast, colon, prostate and cervical cancer.

Clinical Research
The clinical research program of the South Carolina Cancer Center focuses on bringing new treatments and new combinations of therapies to patients with cancer. The goal is to try new drug treatments, radiation techniques or new surgical procedures in an environment that will allow us to learn whether or not patients are gaining substantial benefit from them. The clinical research program focuses on many of the common cancers seen in South Carolina including lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, and gynecological malignancies.

Population Studies
The population studies program of the South Carolina Cancer Center is a multi-disciplinary program composed of epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, and basic scientists. This team is investigating the roles of diet, other lifestyle factors, and normal genetic differences and how they interact with diet and lifestyle to increase or decrease the risk of cancer. The team also is developing new tests to detect cancers at an early curable stage and to assess who is at risk for developing cancer, why they are at risk, what they can do about it, and whether or not their efforts are having a preventive effect. The program focuses on some of the most common cancers in South Carolina including breast, colon, prostate and cervical cancer, as well as cancers of childhood.