Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Vanderbilt-Ingram comprises the cancer-related research, clinical care, outreach, advocacy, survivorship and prevention activities of Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, a leading non-profit university, graduate and professional school and academic medical center located in Nashville, Tenn. http://www.vanderbilt.edu

The Center is among the first in the nation to tailor therapy to individual patients based on changes in the tumor’s DNA and is advancing cancer care by making its My Cancer Genome online treatment decision-support tool available to researchers and doctors worldwide. (http://www.mycancergenome.org)

In addition to lung cancers and melanoma, breast cancer patients are now offered genetically driven treatment through its Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative. (http://www.vicc.org/personalized)

Its REACH for Survivorship Clinic is the only clinic dedicated to the care of cancer survivors regardless of age at diagnosis, type of cancer and where oncology treatment was received. Learn more at www.vicc.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/vanderbiltingram.

Committed to collaboration, the Center has a close relationship with Meharry Medical College and is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a non-profit alliance of 23 of the world's leading cancer centers working together to improve quality and effectiveness of cancer care for all patients. http://www.nccn.com