Nevada Cancer Institute

Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), founded in 2002, has been the official cancer institute for the state of Nevada since 2003. A non-profit organization, NVCI serves patients throughout the greater Las Vegas area, offering full-service clinics in Summerlin, and at University Medical Center, in the downtown medical district. The Institute’s mobile screening unit, the Hope Coach, has provided mammography services throughout the state.

NVCI has served more than 17,000 patients since opening in 2005. The Institute is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge about cancer through research, and providing the latest in cancer prevention, education, detection and treatment options to patients and their families.

1 Background
2 Facilities
3 History
4 References
5 External links

Background

NVCI is a collaborative, statewide effort involving Nevada’s oncology community, academic leaders, legislators, corporations, health care advocates, cancer patients, their families and all other interested parties. The Institute offers current and advanced cancer treatment options, with patient and family support services, to residents of Nevada. NVCI is using research to discover new methods of prevention, detection and treatment of cancer, implemented through a wide range of services. These include traditional services such as clinical trials and assistance to help patients find the information and non-medical resources they need to support themselves during treatment - including support groups, an on-site meditation room, yoga and other activities. Under its official mandate, NVCI offers a large number of clinical trials that were not previously available without the support of a larger research center. This includes the first Phase I clinical trials conducted in Nevada.

Facilities

The Institute’s research and care center occupies . The lobby has a blown-glass chandelier designed by Dale Chihuly.

History

In 2002 The Howard Hughes Corporation donated 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land for the Institute's first building. The land was part of a 61-acre (25 ha) site in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas.
In 2003, ground was broken for NVCI's first 142,000-square-foot (13,200 m²) research facility. The building was designed by Marnell Corrao Associates who are best known for designing many of the megaresorts on the Las Vegas Strip.
NVCI opened a new state-of-the-art main facility in August 2005, at a cost of $53 million. The grand opening was on September 23, 2005.
In October 2005, the Institute acquired an additional site of 10 acres (4.0 ha) adjacent to its current site for future expansion.
In January 2006, the city of Las Vegas announced plans to work with the Institute, the Bureau of Land Management and other entities to acquire about 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land in the city for future use.
A Phase I clinical trial was opened in January 2007. NVCI is one of only three places in the world offering it.
House Resolution 234, a bill to expand the Institute, was sponsored by Shelley Berkley and co-sponsored by Nevada's two other congressional representatives. It was introduced to the House on January 7, 2009.^[1]
On December 2, 2011, the institute announced that it entered into an agreement to sell the facility to the UC San Diego Health System as part of a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.^[2]

References

^ "H.R. 234: Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act". GovTrack. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-234.
^ "NEVADA CANCER INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SALE AGREEMENT WITH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM AND PRE-NEGOTIATED FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING" (Press release). 2011-12-02. http://www.nevadacancerinstitute.org/news.aspx?id=3332. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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