[4] Scientists at the institute aim to understand cancer at a molecular and genetic level and strive to find new and more effective ways to treat this disease.

A treatment approach based on genetic knowledge allows for more targeted, individualized cancer therapies.

[5] In 2017, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group was fined 13.3 million US-$ by the FCC for not properly designating paid advertising content by the Huntsman Cancer Institute as such.

[6] The advertisements, either in the form of 60- or 90-second shorts or half-hour standalone programs, were shown over 1700 times in SBG-affiliated broadcasts.

[7] In a statement, Sinclair denounced the fine, which at that point was the largest ever imposed by the FCC,[8] as "unreasonable".