[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12537-12538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     U.C. DAVIS CANCER CENTER NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION

 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I am pleased to note that the 
University of California, Davis Cancer Center has achieved National 
Cancer Institute, NCI, designation. With this designation, the UC Davis 
Cancer Center becomes one of only nine centers in California.
  The NCI designation is most prestigious, awarded to cancer 
institutions that have significantly contributed innovative cancer 
research to the scientific community. Furthermore, this notable 
distinction provides ongoing Federal support for research in the fight 
against this disease
  The center is a collaboration of over 200 scientists, working at the 
UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, the main UC campus in Davis, and 
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  The partnership with Lawrence Livermore, the first of its kind in the 
Nation, was a major factor in winning the NCI designation. Physicians 
and scientists work together to use technology developed for the 
defense industry and other non-medical uses to advance cancer diagnosis 
and treatment.
  In addition to hundreds of cancer studies underway at the cancer 
center, joint research collaborations with Lawrence Livermore include 
such innovative projects as photonic probes testing, which is used to 
instantly detect cancer and save patients from unnecessary biopsies.
  The center serves a population of five million people throughout 
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and Central California, Nevada, Arizona and Oregon and cares for about 
3,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients each year.
  I commend the UC Davis Cancer Center on this impressive achievement, 
and I extend my confidence that the center will make meaningful 
contributions to our search for a cure for this devastating 
disease.

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