Our research funded by the U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) is currently highlighted on the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) website. This work is focused on understanding the role of inflammation and inflammatory factors in the prostate tumor microenvironment on tumor aggressiveness. The video covers a study led by Dr. Heidi Hempel, a former Sfanos lab graduate student (now postdoctoral fellow at the NCI), who examined the relationship between mast cells, tumor aggressiveness, and the racial disparity in prostate cancer.
http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/video/pc/karen_sfanos_Video