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January 22nd, 2006

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Cancer is the second largest cause of death in the United States and it is one of the most devastating diseases that humankind suffers. Every year many people are diagnosed with Skin cancer, Breast cancer, Lung cancer, and Mesothelioma cancer (associated to blue asbestos exposure). Advances in cancer research have resulted in a substantial progress to improving ability to detect very small tumors and to identify rapidly growing tumors.

This increases the potential to treat cancer more effectively and to reduce cancer mortality. New options to prevent, and treat cancer are the focus of care providers in oncology, hematology, radiation therapy and internal medicine.

These projects include clinical research to evaluate new drugs, novel treatment strategies for different type of cancer, and basic research to better understand the complex biology of cancer.

Description of cancer:

Cancer is diagnosed in more than 1 million people every year in the U.S. alone. Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Cancer occurs when cells become anomalous and keep dividing and forming more cells without order or control. Normal cells have a limited number of divisions before they die, perhaps around 50. The reason is that cells have telomeres -repeated DNA sequences- that shrink with each cell division, and kill the cell when they run out.

Some cancer cells do not have shortening telomeres, and synthesize their own enzyme telomerase that extends the telomeres, making cancer cells live forever. Not all cancer cells have this property. All organs of the body are made up of cells. Normally, cells divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them. If cells divide when new ones are not needed, they form a mass of excess tissue called a tumor.

Tumors can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). The cells in malignant tumors can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also cut loose from a malignant tumor and travel through the bloodstream or the lymphatic system to form new tumors in other parts of the body. The spread of cancer is called metastasis.

History of Cancer
Lung Cancer

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January 28th, 2006

Lung Cancer Programs

The lung cancer programs included in this list offer multidisciplinary lung cancer care.
     
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Lung Cancer Programs - Alabama (AL)

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
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Lung Cancer Programs - Arizona (AZ)

Arizona Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Arizona, AZ
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Lung Cancer Programs - California (CA)

Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Los Angeles, CA

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA

City of Hope National Medical Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA

Hoag Cancer Center

Newport Beach, CA

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

UC Davis Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of California Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

UCSD Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of California at San Diego, LaJolla, CA

UCSF Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Colorado (CO)

University of Colorado Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Denver, CO
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Lung Cancer Programs - Connecticut (CT)

Yale Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Lung Cancer Programs - District of Columbia (DC)

Lombardi Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Lung Cancer Programs - Florida (FL)

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center

Miami Beach, FL

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Miami, Miami, FL
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Lung Cancer Programs - Georgia (GA)

Winship Cancer Institute

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Hawaii (HI)

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
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Lung Cancer Programs - Iowa

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Illinois (IL)

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Evanston, IL

Loyola University Health System, Cancer Services

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Rush Cancer Institute

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Chicago, IL
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Lung Cancer Programs - Indiana

Indiana University Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Indianapolis, IN
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Lung Cancer Programs - Kentucky (KY)

Markey Cancer Center

University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
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Lung Cancer Programs - Massachusetts (MA)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Boston, MA

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, MA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Maryland (MD)

Greenebaum Cancer Center

University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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Lung Cancer Programs - Michigan (MI)

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Josephine Ford Cancer Center

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Ann Arbor, MI
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Lung Cancer Programs - Minnesota (MN)

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

University of Minnesota Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Minneapolis, MN

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Lung Cancer Programs - Missouri (MO)

Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Lung Cancer Programs - North Carolina (NC)

Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Durham, NC

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

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Lung Cancer Programs - Nebraska (NE)

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Lung Cancer Programs - New Hampshire (NH)

Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
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Lung Cancer Programs - New Jersey (NJ)

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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Lung Cancer Programs - New York (NY)

Montefiore-Einstein Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Bronx, NY

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

New York, NY

NYU Cancer Institute

New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Buffalo, NY

University Hospital Cancer Services

SUNY - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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Lung Cancer Programs - Ohio (OH)

The James Cancer Hospital (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Ireland Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH




Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

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Lung Cancer Programs - Oregon (OR)

Oregon Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Providence Cancer Center

Thoracic Oncology Program
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Lung Cancer Programs - Pennsylvania (PA)

Allegheny Center for Lung and Thoracic Disease

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Fox Chase Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Philadelphia, PA

Kimmel Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Abramson Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Centers (UPCI, NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lung Cancer Programs - South Carolina (SC)

Hollings Cancer Center

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Lung Cancer Programs - Tennessee (TN)

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
 

Lung Cancer Programs - Texas (TX)

MD Anderson Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Houston, TX

San Antonio Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

San Antonio, TX

Scott and White Center for Cancer Prevention and Care

Temple, TX
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Lung Cancer Programs - Utah (UT)

Huntsman Cancer Institute (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Salt Lake City, UT
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Lung Cancer Programs - Virginia (VA)

Massey Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

UVA Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Vermont (VT)

Vermont Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
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Lung Cancer Programs - Washington (WA)

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

University of Washington Academic Medical Center

Seattle, WA

VM Cancer Institute

Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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Lung Cancer Programs - Wisconsin (WI)

U. of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-Designated Cancer Center)

Madison, WI
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Lung Cancer Programs - West Virginia (WV)

Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center

Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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