Speaker Titles and Affiliations
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Assistant Member, Public Health Sciences Division
Assistant Member, Human Biology Division
PHS Program: Translation Research Program
Speaker Degrees and Certifications: PhD
Speaker Web Page: Dr. Ghajar’s Website
Educational Program: TiMe
Dr. Ghajar directs the Laboratory for the Study of Metastatic Microenvironments (LSM2) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. The goal of his research program is to understand how microenvironments within distant tissues regulate dormancy and growth of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs), and whether these niches convey chemoresistance to dormant DTCs. His belief is that solving these puzzles will allow the development of therapeutic regimens that eradicate dormant DTCs before they can develop into full-blown metastases.
Speaker Date
03-28-2019
Speaker Abstract
“Defining and Understanding the Properties of Dormant Disseminated Tumor Cells”