Conquering
Cancer
Advances from the research bench
to the bedside
Scott & White has the most advanced resources
to treat and study cancer. Our Cancer Research
Institute is actually helping to develop life-extending
and life-saving medications that might otherwise
not be available.
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he Scott & White Cancer
Research Institute was established
in 2005 to bring new cancerfighting therapeutics to patients’ bedsides
more quickly than ever before. Along with
physician recruitment in specialized areas of
cancer treatment and extending Scott &
White expertise in hematology and
oncology throughout the state of Texas,
we’re advancing the field of cancer study and
treatment.
Combined Expertise
Benefits Patients
“The Scott & White Cancer Research
Institute is one of few non-profit
institutions doing drug development. We
synthesize new drugs in our laboratory and
take them through to clinical trials,” says
Arthur E. Frankel, MD, director of the