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Experts
Robert Allen Sikes
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Researches cancer cell biology, with a particular focus on prostate cancer.
- Studies the development of hormone resistance in cancer, the spread of cancer to distant organs and the interaction between cancer and bone.
- Can discuss chemical causes of cancer, viral causes of cancer and hormonal causes of cancer.
- Developed several models for cancer progression that include a widely used human prostate cancer cell series that spread to bone spontaneously, several techniques for getting cancer cells to grow in bone including direct injection and colonization via blood delivery.
Contact Information
302-831-6050
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