Huntsman Cancer Institute
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| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′21″N 111°50′04″W / 40.7725°N 111.8345°WCoordinates: 40°46′21″N 111°50′04″W / 40.7725°N 111.8345°W |
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| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Utah |
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| Website | http://www.huntsmancancer.org/ Official |
| Lists | Hospitals in Utah |
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in the Intermountain West.
Huntsman Cancer Institute was founded with a pledge of $100 million of personal wealth from Jon Huntsman, Sr., a philanthropist and businessman. To date, Huntsman has donated more than $250 million of his own money since Huntsman Cancer Institute was established. Mary Beckerle is HCI’s executive director.
In November 2013, Huntsman donated an additional $50 million for the construction of a new research building dedicated to children's cancer. Construction of the new building is slated to begin in 2014.
Scientists at the institute aim to understand cancer at a molecular and genetic level and strive to find new and more effective ways to treat this disease. A treatment approach based on genetic knowledge allows for more targeted, individualized cancer therapies.
The center's research is supported by a Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute, which subsidizes cancer research performed by more than 130 members of the Cancer Center.
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