Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Cancer Specialties: The Burnham Institute for Medical Research treats all types of cancer.

Primary location:
10901 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, Calif. 92037
858-646-3100

URL: http://www.sanfordburnham.org/about/contact.aspx

About the Burnham Institute for Medical Research:

Cancer research at the Sanford-Burnham Institute aims to pre-empt cancer before it develops, detect cancer at its earliest point and eliminate cancer’s deadly spread through surgery and by using advanced technologies. The Cancer Center is also focused on developing technologies that deliver anti-cancer drugs specifically to the tumor — thereby avoiding side-effects — and technologies for tricking cancer cells into committing suicide through restoration of a natural mechanism for cell death. The Cancer Center mobilizes 400 individuals working together to study the intricacies of cancer.

Cancer research is funded by individual grants to Sanford-Burnham scientists, and since 1981, support in the form of a cancer center grant from the National Cancer Institute as an NCI-sponsored Basic Cancer Center. The “basic cancer center” designation indicates that Burnham’s Cancer Center is focused entirely on cancer-related research rather than a combination of research and clinical management of cancer patients.