The University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) is the only NCI-designated
comprehensive cancer center in the Rocky Mountain region—an area with a
population of approximately eight million people. The goals are to reduce the
cancer burden by: 1) conducting coordinated and interdisciplinary basic,
clinical, translation, prevention and control, population, and educational
research, 2) providing citizens of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region
with state-of-the-art programs in cancer research, therapy, early detection,
prevention and control, and 3) providing cancer education at all levels from
students to the public sector. The UCCC is a “matrix” cancer center
within the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, and
hosts members from the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, the AMC
Cancer Research Center, the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and
the Colorado State University campuses. The UCCC is part of a world-class
biomedical campus at Fitzsimons in Aurora, Colo, and patients are treated
at the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, which is across the street from the Research
Towers, where researchers are conducting basic research. The proximity enables
scientists to efficiently interact and collaborate. In addition, the new
Fitzsimons includes the University of Colorado Hospital’s Anschutz
Inpatient and Outpatient Pavilions and will include the University of Colorado
at Denver and Health Sciences Center’s schools of medicine, nursing,
dentistry, pharmacy and graduate school, The Children’s Hospital, and the
Veterans Administration Hospital.
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