CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – The University of Virginia Cancer Center today is now recognized as one of the nation’s 52 Comprehensive Cancer centers… and the only one one in Virginia. Center Director Dr. Thomas Loughran says this designation is awarded by the National Cancer Institute, the largest funder of cancer research in the world. He says they were able to show and coordinate they have outstanding science, clinical research, population research, and basic research… all integrated to provide exemplary patient care.
The UVa Cancer Center is comprised of 162 members across 25 departments, and the application was 1300-pages.
Click here from when the designation was first announced last August.
