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Centers/Hospitals
Cancer Research Centers and Hospitals having a Sarcoma Unit
Cedars-Sinai, located in Los Angeles, is a patient-centered, comprehensive and specialized cancer program. On their website, they state, "At the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Program, dozens of nationally recognized programs and services are all under one interconnected, medical "roof"--an important benefit to cancer sufferers. Patients can be confident that every resource of this remarkable organization is brought to bear in delivering leading-edge healthcare services."
Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Center at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Located in New York City, the Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Center is part of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center in the New York-Presbyterian complex, which forms the university hospitals for Columbia University and Cornell University. On their website, they state, "Columbia Weill Cornell Cancer Centers provide comprehensive care for children and adults with primary and metastatic bone and soft tissue tumors."
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School. On their website, they state, "The Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology has dedicated specialty expertise in the pathologic and radiologic assessment of sarcoma, the application of novel soft-tissue and bone reconstructive techniques permitting limb salvage, and access to the most promising new therapies for these malignancies."
Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) is an independent, nonprofit institution devoted to improving cancer treatment and prevention. In 1904, the Fox Chase Cancer Center Hospital, which was then called the American Oncologic Hospital, became the country's first cancer hospital. The Center was formed in 1974 to unite the Hospital with the Institute for Cancer Research, founded in 1927.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute located at the University of South Florida in North Tampa, Florida brings together experts from a variety of cancer specialties to determine the best treatment plan for each patient, while linking together the Center’s extensive array of support services. As part of a group of National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers, Moffitt focuses on the development of early stage translational research aimed at the rapid translation of scientific discoveries to benefit patient care. The Sarcoma Program at the center takes an interdisciplinary approach to treating sarcomas.
Huntsman Cancer Institute (University of Utah) Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, The Huntsman Cancer institute operates a hospital-based patient care center in association with the Health Sciences Center at the University of Utah. On their website, they state, "The Huntsman Cancer Institute Sarcoma Service, in addition to engaging in comprehensive clinical care, has ongoing, state of the art, basic science studies investigating the causes of sarcomas."
Located in Houston, Texas, M. D. Anderson has built a "worldwide reputation for excellence in cancer patient care, research, education and prevention". On their website, they state, "Patients at M. D. Anderson's Sarcoma Center have a five-year survival rate well above the national average, and an outstanding 80% rate for classical osteosarcoma. Our center diagnoses, treats and manages sarcomas of the soft tissue and bone, using the latest technology available."
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) Located in New York City, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has been dealing in cancer treatment and care for over 100-years. On their website, they state, "Memorial Sloan-Kettering doctors generate more than half of the world's research publications on soft-tissue sarcomas and have probably the largest experience with these tumors of any medical group."
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) The Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) locate in Buffalo, New York, is a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center. RPCI patients benefit from a customized, comprehensive care program developed by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists. The program addresses the medical, nutritional, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient from diagnosis through treatment and rehabilitation, discharge and follow-up care. Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s (RPCI) experts in soft-tissue sarcoma include specialists in surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, pathology and rehabilitation support. Treatment approaches for this disease include conservative operations, combined with radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy, which offer patients a high rate of tumor control while avoiding amputation.
Sarcoma Institute at Menorah Medical Center The Sarcoma Institute at Menorah Medical Center is a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals dedicated to the care and treatment of patients with bone and soft tissues tumors. From infants to seniors, the professionals of the Sarcoma Institute treat patients with both primary malignant and benign tumors of the bone and soft tissues, as well as metastatic cancer of the bone. The Institute provides state-of-the-art treatments including surgical, medical and radiation, in a combined modality to offer patients the most effective care. Both research and education play a crucial role in the Institute by enhancing patient knowledge and continuing to enhance the field of sarcoma. The Institute is located in Overland Park, Kansas.
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance – Sarcoma Service The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) is a partnership between three leading cancer centers: the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine, and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. The Alliance’s Sarcoma Service, which began in 1986, offers sarcoma patients the best of the Pacific Northwest's world-class cancer research and patient-care practices. It sees about 500 adults and 200 children a year who are newly diagnosed with sarcomas of various types. The majority of its patients come from outside the Western Washington region. It offers a multidisciplinary approach to sarcoma treatment, including access to new treatments and procedures through clinical trials, innovative programs such as the Sarcoma PET Imaging Program, Sarcobase one of the first sarcoma patient registries in North America and the first at a cancer center, as well as overlapping pediatric and adult programs, to provide continuity of care to young patients who can continue to see the same doctors as they grow to adulthood.
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the UM Comprehensive Cancer Center is associated the UM's Medical School. On their website, they state, "The Center was established in 1986, and soon after was designated a "comprehensive" center by the National Cancer Institute. he U-M Cancer Center has more than 200 cancer clinicians and researchers. These specialists work together in multidisciplinary teams to rapidly bring new prevention, detection and treatment discoveries to more than 25 cancer care clinics."
Washington Cancer Institute and Lombardi Cancer Center Located in Washington, DC, The Washington Cancer Institute and Lombardi Cancer Center is affiliated with Georgetown University. On their website, they state, "We have extensive experience treating both bone and soft tissue tumors of the extremities, pelvis and shoulder girdle. We have performed more than 3,000 tumor operations since 1979. We are leaders in limb-sparing surgery and have pioneered many surgical techniques in use at this and other cancer centers."
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