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The Innovations of the OU Cancer Institute

Cancer is complex and requires a comprehensive approach to caring for patients and their families. When the OU Cancer Institute opens a new seven-floor facility in October 2010, families will have greater access to the state?s most complete collection of cancer specialists, clinical trials and leading cancer treatments. They will be able to access every specialist from research to surgery to support services on the OU Medicine campus. Of the 3.5 million Oklahomans alive today, 1.5 million will develop cancer during their lifetime. Unfortunately, even with today?s technology, nearly 40 percent of people diagnosed with cancer will die of their disease. ?As an academic medical facility, we see this building as another resource for all cancer care providers in Oklahoma to find answers they need to keep people healthy,? Robert Mannel, MD, Director, OU Cancer Institute, says. ?Some of the world?s brightest minds and leading providers of cancer OU Medical Center I OU Physicians I The Children?s Hospital I OU College of Medicine ISSUE # 2 I SUMMER 2009 Another level of medicine I www.oumedicine.com/cancer

Comprehensive Cancer Care in a Single Location

care, who are already part of our cancer team, will occupy this facility.? ?The best treatment for cancer patients young and old is enrollment in a clinical trial,? says Dr. Mannel, ?which also happens to be the best hope for improving treatments for future generations of cancer patients.? ADVERTISEMENT As the most comprehensive cancer center in Oklahoma, the OU Cancer Institute has more than 3,500 patients enrolled in more than 350 clinical trials. As different cancers continue to evolve, however, academic medicine must continue to push the boundaries to discover new breakthroughs in cancer care and treatment. ?The new facility will play a significant role in improving collaboration among the state?s leading cancer researchers,? Dr. Mannel predicts. ?From Dr. robert Mannel sees the oU cancer InstItUte as a place to fInD answers. prevention to treatment, we will never rest until we decrease the mortality rate of cancer patients in this state.? The new OU CAnCer InSTITUTe bUILdIng wILL InCLUde: ? The latest generation of proton radiation therapy ? The state?s most comprehensive network of clinical research trials ? State-of-the-art radiation therapy center ? Comfortable chemotherapy infusion facilities ? A fully-equipped cancer education center for patients and their families ? A healing garden for patients and their families to rest, reflect, think or meditate ? State-of-the-art conference facilities

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