{"entity":{"id":"bu-cancer-center","kind":"institution","name":"BU-BMC Cancer Center","aka":["Boston University Cancer Center"],"tldr":"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.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About the BU-BMC Cancer Center","url":"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/"},{"label":"Research programmes","url":"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/research-programs/"},{"label":"Cancer Center leadership","url":"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/cancer-center-leadership/"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Boston, MA","country":"US","lat":42.361,"lng":-71.057,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/cancercenter/","university":"Boston University","programs":["Population Sciences research programme","Cancer Biology research programme","Cancer Interception research programme","Cancer Bioengineering research programme","Training programmes for trainees","Funding opportunities for investigators"]},"route":"/institutions/bu-cancer-center/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"aaci","kind":"institution","name":"Association of American Cancer Institutes","route":"/institutions/aaci/"}]}}