Markey Cancer Center

Markey Cancer Center
Albert B. Chandler Hospital
M. Margrite Davis and Ralph E. Mills Magnetic Imaging and Spectroscopy Center
Geography
Location 800 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates 38°01′54″N 84°30′30″W / 38.0316446°N 84.5084135°W / 38.0316446; -84.5084135Coordinates: 38°01′54″N 84°30′30″W / 38.0316446°N 84.5084135°W / 38.0316446; -84.5084135
Organization
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Services
Standards National Cancer Institute
Speciality Cancer Research and Treatment
History
Founded 1983
Links
Website markeycancercenter.htm

The Markey Cancer Center is located in Lexington, Kentucky and is working towards the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer. It is a component of the UK HealthCare. It was established in 1985, but has since grown to 28 departments, eight colleges, and has 150 employees. Markey has four distinct facilities located within three buildings, totaling to an estimated 200,000 square feet of space.[1]

Location

The Markey Cancer Center is located on the University of Kentucky's campus. It is found on the north central side of the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital.[1]

Origins

Markey Cancer Center was preceded by the McDowell Cancer Network, which focused on community outreach and education. This was established in 1975. In 1975, the McDowell Cancer Network received a P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Markey Cancer Center was officially established in 1983, on the foundation of the McDowell Cancer Network. In 1995, it was awarded a P20 Cancer Center Planning Grant. In 1990, the Kentucky Cancer Registry (KCR) was added on to Markey to monitor cancer levels within the state of Kentucky.[2]

Markey receives its namesake from Lucille P. Markey. She was the owner of the Calumet Farm, a prestigious horse farm located in Lexington, Kentucky. Before her death, she started the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust to benefit medical research.

Facilities

The Markey Cancer Center includes four individual facilities within three different buildings. These facilities are the Ben F. Roach Cancer Care Facility, the Dorothy Enslow Combs Cancer Research Facility, the M. Margrite Davis and Ralph E. Mills Magnetic Imaging and Spectroscopy Center, and the Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson Cancer facility for Women. These four facilities comprise the Markey Cancer Center Complex, all working together on the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer.

The Ben F Roach Cancer Care Facility

Ben F. Roach Cancer Care Facility

The Ben F. Roach Cancer Care Facility of the Markey Cancer Center lends 48,000 square feet of space dedicated to individual care of cancer patients. Inside there is patient care and a variety of cancer treatment facilities. These consist of radiation medicine, ovarian cancer screening, and bone marrow transplants. The facility also is made up of multiple cancer-related research labs.[1]

M. Margrite Davis and Ralph E. Mills Magnetic Imaging and Spectroscopy Center

The Margrite Davis and Ralph Mills Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center is home to instrumentation, research laboratories and support services for molecular, cellular, animal and human spectroscopic imaging, aiding the study of disease processes and evaluation of responses to treatment. Around 30,000 square feet of space is devoted to research and expansion of biomedical applications in magnetic resonance.[1]

Dorothy Enslow Combs Cancer Research Building

Dorothy Enslow Combs Cancer Research Facility

The Dorothy Enslow Combs Cancer Research Facility consists of modern laboratories dedicated to cancer research. It embodies 29,500 square feet total. The facility is divided into three core facilities: Macromolecular Structure Analysis, NMR Spectroscopy, and Transgenic and Genetically Defined Mouse facilities.[1]

Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson Cancer facility for Women

This cancer facility focuses on the care of major cancers targeting women. These consist of gynecologic, breast, lung, hematologic, gastrointestinal, and urologic cancers.[1]

Awards and Reception

On July 12, 2013 Markey Cancer Center was designated as a National Cancer Institute facility to receive extra research funding. Markey is the only NCI-designated cancer center in Kentucky and the 68th in the United States. NCI distributed around $3.9 billion in federal grants for 2011, with about $265 million of that going towards NCI-designated centers [3] . Markey is estimated to receive $1.5 million from the NCI annually.[4] NCI-designated centers have more treatment options available to patients and have a 25% higher survival rate than other institutions. With the help of Markey, Kentucky has increased from 49th to 23rd in screening rates within a decade. Markey patients' have a five-year survival rate in ovarian, lung, brain, prostate, and Stage IV colorectal cancer higher than patients from other centers in Kentucky. Nationally, Markey's five-year survival rates are higher in brain, liver, and prostate cancers than other patients.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Markey Cancer Center Facilities". UK Healthcare. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Markey Cancer Center About Us". UK Healthcare. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. ↑ "UK Markey Cancer Center Gains NCI Designation". WUKY. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  4. ↑ "National Cancer Institute designation". UK Healthcare. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  5. ↑ "UK's Markey Cancer Center touts long-term survival rate". Kentucky.com. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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