City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Definition

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center was designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by NCI in 1998. This facility is located in Duarte, California, with high percentage of beds devoted to bone marrow transplantation patients. The center is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. It has two basic science research programs: Genetic, Epigenetic, and Post-Transcriptional Regulation Program and Program in DNA Damage and Repair, three clinical programs: Hematologic Malignancy Program, Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Program, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program (Radioimmunotherapy, Cellular Immunotherapy, Molecular Immunotherapeutics), and advanced Clinical, Genetic, and Psychosocial Determinants of Cancer Risk and Outcomes Program.