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Mississauga is Canada’s sixth largest city with a large multicultural community. The hospital spans approximately 770,000 square feet, and provides a broad spectrum of clinical services involving ten programs: general medicine, surgery, renal, oncology, emergency, mental health, continuing care/rehabilitation, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and cardiac services. CVH provides a regional service for medical genetics, nephrology, maternal/child care and oncology. The Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre was almost at capacity as soon as it opened its doors in the summer of 2005 because it was one of the first new cancer centres to open its doors in the Greater Toronto Area.
The new cancer centre is designed for six radiation treatment machines and currently operates four. In the winter of 2008, Phase II of the hospital’s expansion project will begin which will provide an additional 270,000 square feet to accommodate complex continuing care, paediatrics, labour & delivery and laboratory services as well as additional inpatient beds.
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Home to the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, KGH also provides multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer care through core services including radiation, systemic and surgical treatment, palliative medicine and supportive care through the regional cancer program.
The regional program, which services the southeast region from Peterborough and Cobourg in the west to Brockville and Smiths Falls in the east, provides almost 70,000 visits/treatments annually. The cancer program also actively participates in cancer and prevention screening activities and various clinical trials.
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Located in London, Ontario, LHSC encompasses three sites: South Street Hospital, University Hospital and Victoria Hospital; two family medical centres; and the London Regional Cancer Program. LHSC is the home of the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario and Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR).
LHSC provides services to the people of Southwestern Ontario, a population base of 1.8 million people, and also accepts patients from across Canada and around the world into its many specialized programs.
The London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) at LHSC is committed to translational research that transfers and advances knowledge back and forth between the clinic and the laboratory.
Successful translational research demands close cooperation between clinical and basic researchers. Together, they identify the high priority clinical questions for study by basic scientists – questions that, if answered, will lead to reduced suffering and mortality in cancer patients. The LRCP is uniquely configured to accomplish this by bringing the cancer care program and the basic cancer research program together.
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The Ottawa Hospital in partnership with research partners, the Ottawa Health Research Institute and the University of Ottawa, takes part in more than 600 clinical trials and has about 850 clinical research projects underway per year.
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre (TOHCC) is an outpatient cancer diagnosis, treatment and research facility that treats about 19,000 patients (including about 5,000 new cases) every year. TOHCC’s dedicated cancer team strives to bring the utmost in state-of-the-art treatment, research and compassionate care to the people of Eastern Ontario.
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