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The most recently discovered herpesvirus, Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) is known to cause three human cancers, Kaposi’s sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma and multicentr

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men in the United States and disproportionately affects African Americans (AA), with higher incidence, advanced disease and worse prognosis.

The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) propose to continue their effective and m

Over 250,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United States each year.

Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) is a human oncogenic virus and, like all herpesviruses, establishes a lifelong infection in the host.

Several lines of recent evidence suggest that the steroidogenic enzymes responsible for the catabolism of intraprostatic testosterone metabolites are important to biochemical recurrence and progres

Adenocarcinomas of the prostate, ovary and colon are associated with higher mortality in Americans of African descent, compared to Whites.

Columnar metaplasia including Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is considered as a precursor lesion of esophageal adenocarcinoma, which has seen a 600% fold increase in incidence for the last three decades.

The North Carolina Central University (NCCU)–DUKE Cancer Disparities Translational Research Partnership (NCCU-DCI-CDTRP) is focused on developing infrastructure for translational cancer health disp