See schedule OTHE cancer research institute's mission is to save more lives by fueling the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for ALL types of cancer. To accomplish this, CRI funds laboratory, translational, and clinical research. Efforts aimed at learning how to harness the power of the immune system to diagnose, treat, and CURE cancer. CRI also coordinates scientific, medical, and patient education conferences on the subjects of immunology and immunotherapy, and disseminates information in english and spanish about advances in tumor immunology to the media, public, and medical and scientific communities.