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 Denver, and hosts members from
the University of Colorado Boulder campus, National Jewish Health, and
the Colorado State University.
The UCCC is part of a world–class biomedical
campus at Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. Patients are treated
at the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, which is across the street from the Research
Towers, where cnacer–related basic science research is conducted.
The proximity promotes collaboration among basic and clinical scientists,
fostering the development of world–class translational reseach.
In addition, the Anschutz Medical Campus includes the University of Colorado Hospital’s Anschutz
Inpatient and Outpatient Pavilions, UCDenver’s schools of medicine, nursing,
dentistry, pharmacy, graduate school, and public health, The Children’s Hospital, and the
Veterans Administration Hospital.
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