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Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the UMass Cancer Center is committed to providing exceptional patient care, conducting cutting-edge research at the highest level, offering excellence in education and training, and serving as an educational resource and advocate for the Central Massachusetts community.
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Expert Cancer Care in Central Massachusetts

We offer comprehensive cancer care for all childhood and adult cancers, combining state-of-the-art treatments with compassionate support for patients and their families.
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Cutting-Edge Cancer Research

We carry out front-line research in basic, translational, clinical and population-based discovery to find newer, better methods for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
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World Class Medical and Scientific Education

The UMass Cancer Center is dedicated to training the next generation of cancer researchers, clinicians and physician-scientists.
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Michael Green Memorial
Michael Green Memorial

UMass Chan lost one of its greats when Michael R. Green, MD, PhD, passed away unexpectedly in February 2023. We've established these web pages in his memory so our visitors can take a few minutes, from time to time, to peruse and remember him.

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Jinying Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences/Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, UMass Chan Medical School

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Jinying Chen, PhD

Research Focus - Information Technologies, Including Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, to Support Cancer Prevention and Care of Cancer Patients

Identification of physicians’ electronic health record (EHR) use patterns and their relationship with downstream outcomes (e.g., smoking screening rates) by using data mining methods and EHR audit log data
Generation of automatic outcome measures using structured and unstructured EHR data to support implementation programs for cancer prevention
Identification of a smoker’s behavior change during eHealth intervention
Development and application of statistical and machine learning methods for predictive modeling related to cancer prevention and prognosis

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Getting Results…

Study: E-cigarettes not associated with greater quitting success among traditional smokers

A study by UMass Medical School researchers found that cigarette smokers who used both e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes smoked more combustible cigarettes daily and had less success at abstaining than smokers who only used combustible cigarettes.

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