Preferred Label : Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center;
NCIt synonyms : Cancer Center at Columbia University; HICCC;
NCIt definition : The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center is Columbia University's organizational
component for the conduct of basic, clinical, and population-based cancer research
and patient care. The Center's mission is to understand the biology of cancer and
apply that knowledge to the design of cancer therapies and prevention strategies that
reduce its incidence and progression and improve the quality of the lives of those
affected by cancer. It became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1972 and achieved
comprehensive status in 1979.;
Origin ID : C39418;
UMLS CUI : C1512415;
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