The University of Kansas Cancer Center's quest for NCI designation

The University of Kansas Cancer Center submitted its application for National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation the week of September 19, 2011. The application is possible only through unprecedented support from individuals, businesses and communities throughout the region.

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September 2011

Kansas City's four highly competitive television network affiliates join together to simulcast a special, locally produced program, Be Part of the Cure, to support The University of Kansas Cancer Center's drive for NCI designation.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center submits its application for NCI designation.

Approximately 1,200 KUMC employees, including faculty, research support, clinical and administrative staff are specifically devoted to cancer clinical care and research activities. We estimate that since 2006, the NCI designation pursuit has created 1,123 jobs and had a regional economic impact of $453 million. The University of Kansas Clinical Research Center, a 82,400-square-foot facility funded through the Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City and the JCERT tax, opened in Fairway in January 2012. Patients in the region will have greatly expanded access to promising Phase I clinical trials.

Peer reviewers from the NCI visited our site on February 22, 2012. We expect to learn whether we have been awarded NCI designation by fall of 2012.