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