
We’re committed to our mission of finding new treatments that may help improve the lives of people with cancerCancerAbnormal cells that grow out of control [may invade other tissues and may spread into other parts of the body]; Also called malignancy.. Our clinical trials for solid tumors cancer study investigational medications alone, or in combination with other study medications, or standard of careStandard of care (Standard Treatment)Accepted or approved treatment for a condition (disease or illness); treatment usually given to people for a condition (disease or illness) at the time; the treatment for a condition that is accepted and widely used by health care professionals at the time therapy. We perform these trials to see if they can help prevent, find, or treat cancer.
Solid cancers are a solid mass of tissueTissueA group of cells that are alike; the material that organs, muscles, skin and other body parts are made up of. The major types of solid cancer include sarcomas, carcinomas, and lymphomas.
Sarcomas are cancers that start in soft tissue and bones. There are over 70 different kinds of sarcoma.
Carcinomas begin in skin cellsCellThe smallest unit of life; what all tissues are made up of or in tissue lining organs.
Lymphomas are cancers that start in the cellsCellThe smallest unit of life; what all tissues are made up of of the lymphLymphA fluid containing white blood cells that helps fight infection system, compromising the immune systemImmune systemA system of the body that includes cells, tissues, and organs that helps the body fight infection or illness; the body’s natural defenses against germs and illness; the body’s ability to fight germs and illness.