Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Tom Baker Cancer Centre at the Foothills Medical Centre
Alberta Health Services

Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the Special Services Building
Location of The Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary
Geography
Location 1403 - 29 St. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Organization
Care system Public Medicare (Canada)
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Calgary
Services
Beds Unknown
Speciality Medical Oncology
History
Founded 1981
Links
Website Foothills Hospital
Lists Hospitals in Canada

Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC) is a tertiary care facility for Southern Alberta, and is one of two tertiary cancer centres in the province. It is a lead Cancer Centre in southern Alberta for prevention, research and treatment programs and provides many advanced medical services, as well as supportive care for both inpatients and outpatients. The Cancer Centre also conducts research through the Alberta Cancer Research Institute[1] and houses a comprehensive palliative care facility.

The Cancer Centre is located at the Foothills Medical Centre and is physically attached to the Special Services Building, which too provides special, advanced medical services to patients.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/facilities/3267.htm


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