Cancer is one of the most dangerous health problems in the world today. The course provides general knowledge about cancer biology and how tumors form, progress, and metastasize. Recent knowledge regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying those events will be explained. The battle between science and cancer is ongoing. The strategies used by scientists to kill cancer cells and how cancer cells resist and develop will be discussed. Finally, participants will learn about how research affects treatment practices as well as current approaches in cancer research.

This course for those 50 and above will meet for 90 minutes each Friday from October 20 through December 15 (except for November 24).

Instructor Dr. Mai Tran received a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2013. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Pathology Department at the University of Michigan.