Cancer Center Quick Facts
Mission
To provide exceptional patient care, outstanding education for students, innovative research into the causes, prevention and treatment of cancer, and community outreach and education, especially to the underserved.
- Over 260 formal members
- Members represent 28 different Baylor College of Medicine departments and centers
- Members work in and at all BCM hospital affiliates
- More than 100,000 square feet dedicated to cancer research
- BCM has about $100 million per year in cancer-related research funding with about $40 million from the National Cancer Institute.
- BCM had more NCI funding than two-thirds of the existing 61 NCI Centers of Excellence in FY 2004.
- BCM ranks first in biological science by the National Science Foundation and 11th overall in NIH funding for 2005.
- Ranked top in NIH research funding of all colleges and universities in Texas
- BCM sees more than 5,000 new cancer patients a year across consortium, more than many existing NCI-Designated Cancer Centers and the second highest volume for any institution in Texas.
- This represents about 25 percent of cancer cases in greater Houston and 90 percent of pediatric cancer care in the Houston area at Texas Children's Cancer Center.
Research Programs and Directors
- Molecular Carcinogenesis
Dr. Janet Butel, professor and chair of molecular virology and microbiology - Nuclear Receptors
Dr. Orla Conneely, professor of molecular and cellular biology - Cancer Biology
Dr. Dennis Roop, professor of molecular and cellular biology and dermatology - Cancer Prevention / Population Science
Dr. Powel Brown, associate professor of medicine - Pediatric Cancer
Dr. David Poplack, professor of pediatrics – hematology and oncology - Breast Cancer (SPORE)
Dr. Dan Medina, professor of molecular and cellular biology - Prostate Cancer (SPORE)
Dr. Dov Kadmon, professor of urology - Cell and Gene Therapy
Dr. Malcolm Brenner, professor of medicine and pediatrics – hematology and oncology