The focus of the FCCC Institutional Breast Cancer Training Program (IBCTP) has been to integrate the unique talents and interests of the Center’s basic scientists, clinical investigators and behavioral scientists to take a comprehensive approach to the problems of breast cancer. The rich scientific and intellectual environment of FCCC is nurtured by a cohesive interdisciplinary program that is based on expertise in areas of high relevance to breast cancer. The Institutional Breast Cancer Training Program has offered postdoctoral trainees practical experience in the fields of cellular and molecular biology, drug resistance and targeted immunotherapy, genetic epidemiology and control, psychosocial and behavioral medicine, as well as breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
