Benefits of NCI-Designation

For Cancer Patients

• Provides cancer care close to home and family across Kansas


• Increases access to advanced cancer care and therapies


• Offers multidisciplinary care for every diagnosis


• Enables immediate state-of-the-art care to patients for whom standard therapy has failed

For Physicians

• Increases access to clinical trial information and the latest advancements in care


• Improves the network of research and clinical oncologists sharing information, resources, and best practices

For Hospitals

• Increases access to clinical network allowing patients to be treated in local hospitals


• Retains patients in state for comprehensive care


• Increases ability to recruit and retain world-class cancer physicians and nurses


• Provides better coordination with cancer treatment and prevention programs


• Improves outcomes for patients

For Research Institutions

• Increases ability to recruit and retain world-class cancer researchers and staff


• Enhances research opportunities via increased federal grant funding


• Makes possible bolder research projects


• Builds on regional strengths in pharmaceutical development

For the State and its Communities

• Builds on regional strengths in the biosciences


• Adds another element of diversity to the Kansas economy


• Spurs growth of bioscience sector and related economic development


• Reduces the "brain drain" of Kansas' brightest students


• Increases the flow of federal research dollars to region by 3 to 1


• Creates jobs — Every $1 million in research funding = 21 jobs