Texas Medical Center institutions open joint center to research childhood cancer

To address this need, three Texas Medical Center institutions have joined in a historic association to begin a combined center to research childhood cancer epidemiology and prevention-why children get cancer and what can be done to prevent it.

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are launching the new Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center.

Can I bring my child there for treatment?

No, this is a research center, rather than a treatment center. Discoveries resulting from research in the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center will be shared with doctors and hospitals. Scientists in this new center will study causes of childhood cancer and what can be done to prevent it. The ultimate goal is to eradicate childhood cancer in Texas, the nation and the world.

Fast facts about the center

Name: Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center

Participants: Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Location: Texas Children's Cancer Center, 1102 Bates St.

Director: Dr. Melissa L. Bondy, associate professor of epidemiology, M. D. Anderson; associate professor of pediatrics, Baylor

Mission: To establish the model childhood cancer epidemiology center

Goals: 

• Improve understanding of childhood cancer
• Advance childhood cancer prevention
• Establish multidisciplinary research program
• Provide professional and public education