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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is an
Cancer care, research, and training programs are carried out across San Francisco at UCSF locations at Mission Bay in Potrero, Mount Zion in the Western Addition neighborhood, Parnassus near Golden Gate Park,
NCI-designated Cancer Center NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of 71 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Program
Three designations are recognized: Comprehensive Cancer Centers, Clinical Cancer Centers, and Ba ...
, affiliated with the UCSF School of Medicine
The UCSF School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco and is located at the base of Mount Sutro on the Parnassus Heights campus in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1864 by Hugh Toland, it is the ol ...
and the UCSF Medical Center
The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center is a research and teaching hospital in San Francisco, California and is the medical center of the University of California, San Francisco. It is affiliated with the UCSF School of Med ...
. It is one of 69 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute, and one of three in Northern California. The HDFCCC integrates basic and clinical science, patient care, and population science to address prevention and early detection of cancer as well as the quality of life following diagnosis and treatment.
HDFCCC is a member of the University of California Cancer Consortium, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and Association of American Cancer Institutes. Cancer programs at UCSF have been continuously accredited since 1933 by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
History
In 1948, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) established the Cancer Research Institute. In 1992, UCSF received an NCI planning grant to develop a cancer center. The center received its NCI "Comprehensive" designation in 1999 and was renamed the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2007 in honor of philanthropist Helen Diller.Locations
Cancer care, research, and training programs are carried out across San Francisco at UCSF locations at Mission Bay in Potrero, Mount Zion in the Western Addition neighborhood, Parnassus near Golden Gate Park, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
The Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) is a Public hospital in San Francisco, California, under the purview of the city's Department of Public Health. It serves as the only Level I Trauma Ce ...
in the Mission neighborhood, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Richmond district.
In addition to individual lab space across UCSF campuses, there are cancer research facilities at Mount Zion and Mission Bay. The Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building at Mission Bay was designed by Rafael Viñoly
Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (born 1944) is a Uruguayan architect. He is the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires.
Viñ ...
and opened in June 2009.
UCSF/Parnassus is the center for patient care in neurologic oncology; leukemia, lymphoma, and other hematopoietic malignancies; and bone marrow transplant. Mount Zion offers outpatient facilities for radiation oncology, breast care, infusion, pediatric dermatology, and support services. The Bakar Cancer Hospital opened on the Mission Bay campus in 2015 and has 70 adult beds and serves patients with orthopedic urologic, gynecologic, head and neck and gastrointestinal and colorectal cancers. The UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is a children's hospital system in San Francisco, California, subordinate to the University of California, San Francisco. It has four campuses: the Parnassus Campus, the Mount Zion Campus, and the Mission Bay Campu ...
at Mission Bay accommodates the center's Pediatric Oncology Program.
Groundbreaking for a new Precision Cancer Medicine Building at the Mission Bay campus began in 2017, with the facility scheduled to open to patients in 2019.
Ranking
In 2016, the center ranked first in California and sixth nationwide in National Cancer Institute research grants. In 2017 U.S. News & World Report "America’s Best Hospitals" survey ranked UCSF 10th for cancer care.References
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