# BU-BMC Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

A cancer centre that links Boston University's cancer researchers with Boston Medical Center's clinical oncology, with research programmes in population sciences, cancer biology, cancer interception and cancer bioengineering.

## Summary

The BU-BMC Cancer Center describes itself as bridging the clinical oncology and biomedical research communities at the Boston University Medical and Charles River campuses and Boston Medical Center. Its research is organised in four programmes: Population Sciences, Cancer Biology, Cancer Interception and Cancer Bioengineering. Its leadership page names two co-directors, Julie R. Palmer and Gerald V. Denis, and lists screening for lung, breast and colorectal cancer and cancer outcomes in US Black women among its population-sciences work. It also offers training programmes and funding opportunities for investigators.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Boston University Cancer Center
- City: Boston, MA, US
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/

## Sources

- About the BU-BMC Cancer Center: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/
- Research programmes: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/research-programs/
- Cancer Center leadership: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/cancer-center-leadership/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Association of American Cancer Institutes](https://onco.cc/institutions/aaci/)

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