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Cancer Research Center Facility Plans
Manoa’s Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i is targeting 2010 for groundbreaking on a research and clinical trials facility next to the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka'ako.
Interim Director Michele Carbone has articulated a vision for the facility that will take advantage of strong partnerships with cancer care providers and hospitals in Hawai'i while also putting the center on course to sustain its current designation as one of more than 60 National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers, and earn the NCI’s highest designation of being a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
To achieve this vision, Carbone recommends a “matrix” cancer center model that allows physicians and scientists to work together in collaboration to conduct clinical cancer research within the community hospital systems. Two-thirds of all the cancer centers in the United States operate under a matrix model, while one-third have a stand-alone facility model.
“Under the matrix model, rather than having a single clinical facility operated by the university as part of the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, the research performed at the center will be translated and applied to diagnosis and treatment at already existing hospital facilities throughout the state by doctors located at those facilities,” says Carbone. “We believe this is the most effective and practical model for Hawai'i.”