NYU Cancer Institute

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** The mission of the NYU Cancer Institute is to discover the origins of human cancer and to use that knowledge to eradicate the personal and societal burden of cancer. The Institute is a translational cancer center, taking a team approach to cancer. It was designated as an NCI cancer center in 1975.

**Synonyms:** - Kaplan Cancer Center - Kaplan Cancer Center at NYU - NYUCI - The NYU Cancer Institute