Building an innovative cancer research project takes time, creativity and, most importantly, a team of scientists working together on a new way to treat cancer or keep the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. When it comes to bringing home victory for Augusta University’s various athletics programs, teamwork defines success on the field of competition. Together, cancer researchers and AU student athletes are “Here to Win” when it comes to bringing awareness to cancer prevention and early detection.

“Cancer is complicated, but the goal of our Georgia Cancer Center is not,” said Jorge E. Cortes, MD, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. “Each member of our Cancer Center clinical and research programs may have a different way of attacking cancer’s growth and spread in the body, but everyone is fully committed, and they are all united in the desire to eradicate cancer. It is that level of attention to the burden that cancer represents that gives me hope of finding new treatment options, new screening opportunities, new avenues for prevention. We will win this battle.”