Cancer

Stanford Receives Cancer Center Designation From NCI

Published in Drug Week, May 4th, 2007

The Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded "cancer center" designation from the National Cancer Institute -- a distinction that reflects both high-quality patient treatment and excellent basic and clinical research. This new status is shared with the Fremont-based Northern California Cancer Center, which worked with Stanford to achieve the designation.

Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, said the designation has already rallied faculty members around shared goals and programmatic efforts that started when the school applied for the award. "The new community that is formed by having an NCI cancer center is also invaluable...

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Source: Drug Week (2007-05-04)

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