Christiana Hospital in Good Company
- Mayo Clinic
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Duke University
- Emory University School of Medicine
- The University of Pittsburgh
- Henry Ford Hospital System
- Gynecologic Oncology Group Tissue Bank
- The University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
- Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
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Christiana Care Health System’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center is now part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, a federally funded effort to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer and to improve our ability to diagnose, treat and prevent malignant disease.
“TCGA will help in establishing personalized medicine whereupon patients’ diagnosis and treatment of cancer will be based upon their own genetic profile,” says Nicholas Petrelli, M.D., Bank of America endowed medical director of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center. “Participating in this project puts the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center on the cutting edge of cancer research.”
The over-arching goal of TCGA is to improve physicians’ ability to diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. TCGA will develop a comprehensive catalog, or atlas, of the many genomic changes that occur in cancers. Data will be placed into public databases for use by the international cancer research community.
With a $4.6 million, four-year research subcontract awarded by SAIC-Frederick, Inc. and funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) — part of the National Institutes of Health—the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center will play a vital role in TCGA’s comprehensive, coordinated program by collecting, storing and sharing tissue and blood samples for cancer research.
The Christiana Hospital has been linking up with other research and service organizations at a fast pace. Previously they founded the DELAWARE VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE and recently they were recognized nationally for innovative use of patent and doctor tracking. The hospital is an engine for growth in New Castle County.