William Cance

Deputy Director, UA Cancer Center (Phoenix), Professor, Interdisciplinary Oncology, Professor, Surgery, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology

William Cance is the principal investigator on a current R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute focusing on Focal Adhesion Kinase and has been continuously funded by the National Cancer Institute since 1992. He holds eight United States patents, including a patent for kinase protein binding inhibitors. In addition to authoring more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and 10 book chapters, he is the founding editor-in-chief of the Society of Surgical Oncology-branded database of Complex General Surgical Oncology. Dr. Cance joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center as the Deputy Director in 2016.