The Cancer and Host Interactions (CHI) program focuses on parameters in the host that promote or impede cancer progression or cancer recurrence with an emphasis on host conditions that may influence progression to clinically significant disease.
Researchers in the Cancer and Host Interactions (CHI) program explore chronic inflammation, obesity, diet, exercise, nutrition, coagulation, immune surveillance and modulation, vaccines, tumor cell niches, metastasis, and symptom management.
Program Themes
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- Theme 1: Cellular level tumor-host interactions
- Sub theme 1: Cell mechanics and the tumor microenvironment
- Sub theme 2: Chemical communication between host and tumor
- Theme 2: Patient level tumor-host interactions
- Sub theme 1: Impact of cancer on host physiology
- Sub theme 2: Impact of interventions on cancer and host physiology
