Take Down Tobacco 2020
Take Down Tobacco
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Patient Story Pancreatic Cancer Winter 2020
Improving the Odds for Pancreatic Cancer
When Patricia Brown needed surgery for her pancreatic cancer, she turned to experts at both Rutgers Cancer Institute and Saint Barnabas Medical Center, enabling her to receive precision care while remaining close to home. Read more
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Researcher Profiles
Researcher Directory
Academic Appointment
Professor
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Research Interests
- Elucidate the molecular mechanisms and functional role of Hippo/YAP/TAZ in mediating CSCs traits, therapy resistance and metastases in gastroesophageal cancers
- Elucidate HippoYAP/SOXs/CSCs mediated tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment and the interaction among tumor cells, macrophage, cancer associated fibroblast (CAFs) and T cells for novel therapeutic strategies.
- Exploring novel immune checkpoints from patients derived metastatic cells/tissues and identify the effective target and immune combination therapies using syngenetic and genetic mouse models
- Building strong translational GI programs (PDXs, organoids etc) and facilitate novel discoveries from patients’
The content for the Researcher Directory is maintained by Gina Londino-Greenberg (grl41@cinj.rutgers.edu)