Program Overview
The UPCI's Center for Environmental Oncology (CEO) was formed to improve the understanding of avoidable causes of cancer development and recurrence. The purpose of the Center is to promote further research on the environmental causes of cancer and educate the public about what we already have learned.
Specific goals of the Center for Environmental Oncology include:
- Promoting and performing research that identifies causes of cancer in the environment
- Teaching health professionals how to look for environmental risk factors in their patients
- Informing patients, their families and communities about cancer risks and ways to reduce their chance of recurrence
- Providing healthy options regarding exercise, nutrition and avoidable chemical exposures
- Evaluating public policies to determine how they affect the environment and health
- Testing ways of reducing cancer risk through "greening" buildings, including hospitals