Purpose of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes's mission is to give compassionate, expert care to adults and children suffering from cancer, while at the same time increasing the understanding, treatment, prevention, diagnosis and cure of cancer along with its related diseases.
It is s a Comprehensive Cancer Center and being one of the affiliates of the Harvard Medical School, the Dana-Farber Institute provides innovative training to the new generation of scientists and physicians. It designs programs to promote the country's public health in particular among underprivileged and high-risk populations and provides innovative scientific discoveries and patient therapies to the community throughout the U.S. and the world.
Combined with its mission is the ultimate goal of eliminating all cancer, AIDS and also their related diseases along with the fear they create. Its aim is to relieve the burden that these diseases create through its present and future research, education, clinical care and advocacy and outreach.
The Institute pursues excellence continuously with full integrity in all it does and always adhering to the utmost of standards in conduct. It prides itself in the compassion and respect it gives to the in its care and to one another.
Dana-Farber fosters the spirit of collaboration, inquiry, and innovation that cross over traditional boundaries and is always celebrating creativity of the individual.
The institute carries out its mission through its vast network of affiliated hospitals, clinics, research facilities and educational institutions. Since 1947, they have been providing the local community, the country and the world top quality, innovative and cutting-edge research treatments and follow up with the highest of standards anywhere found in the world.
Its partners and contributors, both individuals and corporations have helped to make new discoveries and advancements in both the prevention and treatment of cancer and its related conditions. The Dana Farber Cancer Institute remains one of the world leaders in research and treatment in the field of cancer.
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