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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CancerCenter provides cancer care to the 74,000 patients treated at its facilities every year. It partners with University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, which comprises the academic and research activities of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, to provide care. The institute is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in western Pennsylvania. University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, part of University of Rochester Medical Center, provides patients with a range of surgical, medical and radiation oncology services under one newly completed roof. URMC completed its $60.1 million cancer center expansion this past year, unveiling a facility that was designed based on patients' input. Researchers with University of Rochester Medical Center made significant strides in research on several strands of human papillomavius, including those that cause cervical cancer. Their research led to the development of Gardasil, the first anti-cancer vaccine. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the largest and most respected cancer centers in the nation. In 2012, the center provided care for about 115,000 patients, with nearly one-third of them being newly diagnosed. MD Anderson is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center with its own emergency center. MD Anderson invested more than $647 million in research in 2012 and launched a new Moon Shots Program to accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical care. MD Anderson Cancer Center was ranked as the top hospital in the country for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in 2012-2013. University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville). The Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center at the University of Virginia Health System features a gynecologic oncology clinic, infusion center, neuro-oncology center and a radiation oncology center. The center is named after Virginia State Senator Emily Couric, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2001. It was the first center in the nation to purchase and install the first TomoTherapy TomoHD, a radiation treatment system that allows for two types of beams to target the tumor. The center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of roughly 40 in the country. University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle). The University of Washington Medical Center partners with the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle and Seattle Children's through the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. In 2011, with more than 300 oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and research physicians, SCCA treated more than 5,500 patients, according to the most recent data available. The University of Washington Medical Center has also been awarded Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison). The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics cancer program is run through the Carbone Cancer Center. The center, opened in 1973, includes a medical staff of more than 250 physicians and offers more than 250 clinical trials. It started conducting Phase I clinical trials in 1979 and was among only six centers in the country to receive funding from the National Cancer Institute to do so. The Carbone Cancer Center has also been accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (Los Angeles). The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is home to more than 200 scientists and physicians. The cancer center was one of the first eight National Cancer Institutedesignated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country. Over the years, it has been responsible for many important scientific advances in cancer research, including clarifying the links between steroid hormones and breast and prostate cancer. More recently, research identifying certain genes that have to be turned off for cancer cells to survive, conducted at the center, was named one of the 20 major advances in cancer research in 2012 by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. USMD Hospital at Arlington (Texas). The cancer services of USMD Hospital at Arlington are run through the Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders that recently opened a new location inside the hospital. The center includes more than 20 cancer specialists and more than 100 healthcare professionals. In 2010, all 10 of the center's locations were certified as one of 23 oncology practices in the nation to meet the quality standards for the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program, a new program offered as an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The USMD Hospital at Arlington was named one of America's Top Quality Hospitals in 2013 by CareChex. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.). The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to nearly 300 researchers and physicianscientists and more than 100 physicians. It treats approximately 5,400 newly diagnosed cancer patients every year. The center aims to combine clinical oncology and cancer-related research to provide comprehensive services and treatments. Around 120 clinical trials are offered by the center at any given time. In 2008, the center's current director, Jennifer A. Pietenpol, PhD, was invited to join the President's National Cancer Advisory Board. In 2012, the center was named one of the top teaching hospitals in the country by Thomson Reuters. 23 Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (Richmond). The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center treats approximately 13,800 patients every year. Scientists and physicians collaborate at Massey to find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, and the center offers more than 150 clinical trials. In 2012, Massey headed a clinical trial that used a radiation device, called the Contura Multilumen Balloon, to treat breast cancer. The trial is currently in its second phase. The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has received Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.). The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's comprehensive cancer center is home to more than 120 clinicians representing all aspects of cancer care. The center, which is the primary tertiary referral center in the region, also provides patients with access to nearly 250 clinical trials. The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center was named to the 2012-2013 list of top-ranked hospitals for cancer by U.S. News & World Report. WellStar Kennestone Hospital (Marietta, Ga.). The cancer program at WellStar Kennestone Hospital aims to combine individualized cancer care with the latest technologies, such as video-assisted thoracic surgery and laparoscopic colon cancer surgery, a minimally invasive procedure. The program, which has been accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, was the first in Georgia to use the CyberKnife radiosurgery system. Winthrop-University Hospital (Mineola, N.Y.). The Institute for Cancer Care at Winthrop-University Hospital is committed to both clinical care and research, and it offers a number of clinical trials. Physicians at the center performed more than 1,343 treatments of CyberKnife radiosurgery and approximately 1,300 treatments of intensity-modulated radiation therapy in 2010, according to the most recent data available. Winthrop-University Hospital was named one of America's Top Quality Hospitals in 2013 by CareChex. Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. YaleNew Haven Hospital's cancer services are run through the Smilow Cancer Hospital, which is affiliated with the Yale Cancer Center, part of Yale School of Medicine. Smilow has 12 multidisciplinary cancer teams to provide individualized care to its patients, who have access to clinical trials conducted at the Yale Cancer Center, which is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Smilow builds on the scientific traditions of the Yale University, as the medical oncology section of the university was the first to successfully use chemotherapy at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 1942. n

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