Northside Joins NCI’s Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCP)

6/25/2010

Northside Hospital is among 14 new sites chosen by the National Cancer Institute to join a national network of community cancer centers offering expanded research opportunities and state-of-the-art cancer care. Northside was the only new hospital added in the Southeastern United States. The NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) is using $40 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand its number of community hospital-based sites from 16 to 30. NCCCP is designed to create new research opportunities across the cancer continuum from screening and treatment to follow-up care, with an emphasis on minority and underserved populations. Expanding the NCCCP network will provide access to more patients in community cancer centers to support these research efforts. For a complete list of all sites in the network, visit nccp.cancer.gov.