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Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
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Marcotte Center for Cancer Research, housed in the Charles A. Dana Building at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Geography
Location 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Organisation
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Teaching and Specialist
Affiliated university Harvard Medical School
Services
Standards NCI-designated Cancer Center
Helipad Yes
History
Founded 1947
Links
Website www.dana-farber.org

Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and a founding member of Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute.

Dana-Farber employs more than 4,274 full-time and part-time people, 467 faculty, and has annual gross revenues of about $1,086,638,000. There are more than 299,202 adult and pediatric patient visits a year, and it is involved in more than 700 clinical trials. It is internationally known for its research and clinical excellence. Expertscape ranks its programs in aplastic anemia and multiple myeloma as best in the world. It has been also ranked the fourth best cancer hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Dana-Farber is a member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium.

In addition to being a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber is also a federally designated Center for AIDS Research, and a founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), a federally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Providing advanced training in cancer treatment and research for an international faculty, Dana-Farber conducts community-based programs in cancer prevention, detection, and control in New England, and maintains joint programs with other Boston institutions, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital.


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