# Cancer Biology

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/cancer-biology/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/

cancer gene discovery • tumorigenesis • cancer therapy and resistance • oncogenes • tumor suppressor genes • cancer models • growth control and cell proliferation • metastasis • cell proliferation • cell death • cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions • microenvironment •DNA repair and replication • transcription • chromosome stability • metabolism • immunology and cancer • immunotherapy • cancer stem cells

## [Faculty](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=cancer-biology)

#### [Eliezer Calo](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eliezer-calo/)

#### [Lindsay Case](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/lindsay-case/)

#### [Jianzhu Chen](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jianzhu-chen/)

#### [Michael T. Hemann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-t-hemann/)

#### [Whitney Henry](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/whitney-henry/)

#### [David Housman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-housman/)

#### [Tyler Jacks](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/tyler-jacks/)

#### [Matthew G. Jones](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/matthew-jones/)

#### [Sally Kornbluth](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sally-kornbluth/)

#### [Douglas Lauffenburger](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/douglas-lauffenburger/)

#### [Jacqueline Lees](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jacqueline-lees/)

#### [Alison E. Ringel](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/alison-e-ringel/)

#### [Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/francisco-j-sanchez-rivera/)

#### [Phillip A. Sharp](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/phillip-a-sharp/)

#### [Yadira Soto-Feliciano](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yadira-soto-feliciano/)

#### [Stefani Spranger](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/stefani-spranger/)

#### [Matthew Vander Heiden](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/matthew-vander-heiden/)

#### [Robert A. Weinberg](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/robert-a-weinberg/)

#### [Michael B. Yaffe](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-b-yaffe/)

#### [Omer H. Yilmaz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/omer-h-yilmaz/)

#### [Richard A. Young](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/richard-a-young/)

*Faculty Spotlight*

### [Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/francisco-j-sanchez-rivera/)

*Eisen and Chang Career Development Professor; Intramural Faculty, Koch Institute*

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera aims to understand how genetic variation shapes normal physiology and disease, with a focus on cancer.