The overall goals of Cancer Control research at Michigan State University are to understand the environmental, genetic, and psychological underlying cancer (etiology, risk, prevention, diagnosis, and prognosis).

Research Topics

• Specific mechanisms and biomarkers of obesity-promoted cancer (Bernard)
• Phytochemicals as alternative approaches to cancer prevention and treatment (Doseff)
• Cancer epidemiology, disparities, and implementation science (Hirko)
• Air pollutants in the induction and progression of lung cancer (Li)
• Cancer screening, cancer communication, stress, disparities (Lucas)
• Cancer registries and risk for cancer after assisted reproductive technology (Luke)
• Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of action of environmental toxicants (Madhukar)
• High-fat diet on mammary tumorigenesis (Schwartz)
• Role of environmental factors and carcinogens in cancer (Upham)
• Natural products in preventing the effects of toxic environmental factors (Upham)
• Impact of foodborne toxins and nutrition impact liver cancer (Wu)
• Acupressure with breast cancer survivors (Wyatt)