The SPORE Program Receives Grant for Lymphoma Research

While these are the four major projects of the institutions, this is not all of what they are working on. The two hospitals support their researchers pursuing other ideas and concepts that could lead to medically beneficial research. They also run a career development program and a developmental research program to provide opportunities to up and coming researchers.

The two hospitals share duties in five core areas. Administration is responsible for expediting and translating the research so that it can be used by doctors around the country. The Biospecimens Core is responsible for storing and providing blood and tumor tissue samples for ongoing research. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics is responsible for collecting and analyzing data taken from each study to help determine conclusions about the results of the study. The Clinical Research Core is responsible for researching factors that could affect the progression of the disease including age, lifestyle, exposures, genetics, and other possible causes. They also study tumors and factors that determine whether they will be destroyed or survive after treatment. This is also the core responsible for designing, testing, and validating new lymphoma treatments that are more effective and efficient. The other important area for the two hospitals is the use of patient advocates. These patients attend all SPORE meetings and give the perspectives of those actively suffering from the disease. This is huge because it allows researchers to hear from actual patients what their concerns are and what they are willing to try in terms of treatments.