Category Archives: Clinics

University of Washington Medical Center — Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

  Immunotherapies (especially those oriented around CAR T-cells), clinical trials and translational investigations.   Mesothelioma care at the University of Washington Medical Center is provided by doctors from the independent Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. U.S. News & World Report ranks University of Washington Medical Center — Seattle Cancer Care Alliance as the nation’s No. 7

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Inova Schar Cancer Institute

  Genomic science, clinical trials.   Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute is located on the campus of Inova Fairfax Hospital, a leading medical center near the nation’s capital. U.S. News & World Report gives its highest grade to Inova Schar Cancer Institute in the category of advanced technology use. The center is noted

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Landreneau Thoracic Surgical Associates / ACMH Hospital

  Clinical trials.   Landreneau Thoracic Surgical Associates is the private practice of nationally known pleural mesothelioma authority Rodney J. Landreneau, M.D. The practice is located on the campus of ACMH Hospital, which is also home to the Richard G. Laube Cancer Center. Landreneau Thoracic Surgical Associates emphasizes minimally invasive video surgical treatment of mesothelioma.

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Loyola University Medical Center – Cardinal Bernardin, Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Centers

  Cell and molecular physiology; microbiology and immunology; molecular pharmacology and therapeutics; public health science; clinical trials.   Loyola University Medical Center is a large teaching hospital just outside Chicago. It is home to the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a busy facility that earns U.S. News and World Report’s highest grade for cancer survival rates.

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Henry Ford Hospital

  Robotic and minimally invasive cancer surgery; clinical trials.   Henry Ford Hospital is a general medical and surgical facility that also serves as a teaching hospital. In the span of a year it handles nearly 44,000 admissions and performs more than 26,000 surgeries. Contained within Henry Ford Hospital is the Josephine Ford Cancer Institute.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Clinical trials.   Jersey Shore University Medical Center is one of several large hospitals making up the Meridian Health system. This facility is a teaching hospital that sees more than 25,000 admissions annually and performs more than 14,000 inpatient and outpatient surgeries every year. According to U.S. News & World Report, this hospital merits the

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Allegheny General Hospital

  Basic, clinical and translational research.   Allegheny General Hospital is the flagship general-medical hospital of the Allegheny Health Network. It functions as a teaching hospital for Drexel University College of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. When players from the Pittsburgh Pirates are injured or have other

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UW Carbone Cancer Center

  Basic science, translational studies, clinical trials. UW Carbone Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Wisconsin. It offers a gamut of treatments beyond the staples of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These include brachytherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and video-assisted thoracoscopic resection. Patient and support services include a shop

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Scott & White Glenda Tanner Vasicek Treatment Center

  Cell death and differentiation.   Known for delivering personalized, comprehensive care, Scott & White receives U.S. News & World Report’s highest grade for use of advanced technologies and providing services deemed key to patient success. The center follows the multidisciplinary team model. It has nationally recognized diagnostic radiologists with critical experience identifying tumors. Its

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Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital

  Cellular and molecular pathways leading to carcinoma.   The principal teaching hospital of Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital, brings together world-renowned physicians and top-notch specialists from two other medical centers in the region (Miriam and Newport hospitals) to form a multidisciplinary team with high-level knowledge

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