The Wistar Institute Cancer Center

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** The Wistar Institute Cancer Center is committed to conducting basic research to benefit society and to training the next generation of scientists. The Center's scientists pursue research in three programs Gene Expression and Regulation, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, and Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis. It was named an NCI-designated cancer center in basic research in 1972.

**Synonyms:** - The Wistar Institute