The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (MCC) is a

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designated comprehensive cancer center. It is part of the

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History

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota was established in 1991.About
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (accessed August 22, 2016). Five years later, the Cancer Center's building was completed.Celebrating 25 Years of Making Hope Happen
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (accessed August 22, 2016). The center was designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the

in 1998; it is one of two such centers in Minnesota. Following a gift of $65 million in April 2008 by Minnesota Masonic Charities (the largest gift ever received by the University of Minnesota), the cancer center adopted its current name. In June 2013, the University of Minnesota dedicated a new $200 million building, the Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, which is part of the university's "Biomedical Discovery District," a cluster of research-oriented buildings on the East Bank behind TCF Stadium.Janet Moore
U research building to be dedicated Friday
''Star Tribune'' (June 13, 201).

Organization and research

The center is part of the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center, which consists of the

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and eight of colleges and schools of the university. About 250 researchers work at the MCC.Masonic Cancer Center: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

(last updated January 9, 2015). The Masonic Cancer Center lists its "major research programs" as the following:

carcinogenesis Carcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the formation of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. The process is characterized by changes at the cellular, genetic, and epigenetic levels and abnor ...

and

chemoprevention Chemoprevention (also chemoprophylaxis) refers to the administration of a medication for the purpose of preventing disease or infection. Antibiotics, for example, may be administered to patients with disorders of immune system function to prevent b ...

; cellular mechanisms; genetic mechanisms;

immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see ther ...

; screening,

prevention Prevention may refer to: Health and medicine * Preventive healthcare, measures to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating their symptoms General safety * Crime prevention, the attempt to reduce deter crime and crimi ...

etiology Etiology (pronounced ; alternatively: aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek (''aitiología'') "giving a reason for" (, ''aitía'', "cause"); and ('' -logía''). More completely, e ...

, and

cancer survivorship A cancer survivor is a person with cancer of any type who is still living. Whether a person becomes a survivor at the time of diagnosis or after completing treatment, whether people who are actively dying are considered survivors, and whether ...

(SPECS); and

transplant biology and therapy Transplant or Transplantation may refer to: Sciences * Transplanting a plant from one location to another * Organ transplantation, moving an organ from one body to another *Transplant thought experiment, an experiment similar to Trolley problem * ...

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* {{University of Minnesota campus University of Minnesota 1991 establishments in Minnesota NCI-designated cancer centers