The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center was rated the best cancer hospital in Michigan and among the best nationwide by U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings for 2022-2023. Rogel is the only Michigan cancer program to be ranked.
Scientists have been working to make a mouse model of this tumor to better understand the disease biology to support preclinical testing of novel drugs, but no one before has been successful. A Merkel cell polyomavirus is believed to cause about 80% of these tumors, but researchers have been unable to definitively show this in vivo.
Our SPORE grant entitled Genetics and Genomics of Leiomyosarcoma (LMS): Improved understanding of cancer biology and new approaches to diagnosis and treatment, received a fundable score following revisions to the first submission.
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