Comprehensive Cancer Center Director: Max S. Wicha, M.D. 6302 Cancer Center 1500 East Medical Center Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Tel: (800) 865-1125 (734) 936-1831 Fax: (734) 615-3947 Visit Website Clinical Trials at this Center

The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center was established in 1986 as a Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical Center. That same year it received its “comprehensive” designation by the National Cancer Institute. The Center is committed to the conquest of cancer through innovation and collaboration between scientists and clinicians to achieve: superior and compassionate patient care; scientific and technological innovation in cancer research; prevention, control and treatment; and excellence in training cancer researchers and health care providers.

The opening of the nine-story Cancer Center building in May 1997 on the U-M Medical Center campus placed patient care and research side by side in the same building facilitating communication between specialists and the quick transfer of research findings into the clinic. The building offers diagnostic, treatment and support services dedicated to cancer patients under one roof, along with convenient parking.

Multidisciplinary clinics bring together in one setting all the experts needed to develop comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plans. In fact, the U-M Cancer Center has received national attention as a model for its tumor-based team approach to optimize coordination of care for both adult and pediatric patients. Working in teams and with colleagues in local communities throughout Michigan and at other leading centers in the country, Cancer Center physicians use an array of advanced methods to detect cancer early and treat it aggressively.

The Center offers a comprehensive array of supportive services, including a Patient Education Resource Center, Complimentary Therapies, Nutrition Counseling, Child and Family Life Services, Art Therapy, Social Work Services and more. Dedicated, highly trained professionals promote healing through these support services and are assisted by a team of volunteers, including many cancer survivors.

The Center has over 300 physicians/researchers who receive over $80 million in annual total grant funding. In 2005 the UMCCC ranked among the top 10 cancer centers nationally for its research funding from the National Cancer Institute.