Cancer care designations serve as a way to distinguish the research, clinical services, and cancer prevention efforts taking place at a cancer center, hospital or health system.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of recent cancer care designations and accreditations:
- Reedsville, W.V.-based Mon Health Medical Center was designated as a Prostate Cancer MRI Center by the American College of Radiology.
- Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center was named a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.
- Englewood, N.J.-based Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center was reaccredited as a comprehensive community cancer program by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
- Alton, Ill.-based OSF Moeller Cancer Center was accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
- Honolulu-based University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center received a five-year designation from the National Cancer Institute and was classified as an "outstanding" cancer center.
- Tulsa-based Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute was certified by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
- Miami-based Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer received a five-year designation from the National Cancer Institute and was classified as an "outstanding" cancer center.
- University Medical Center New Orleans (La.) was accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
- Morgantown, W.V.-based WVU Cancer Institute was named an Accredited Breast Center by the American College of Surgeons.
- The colorectal surgery program at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health was designated a Surgical Quality Partner by the American College of Surgeons and the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.