About Us

UC Irvine Healthcare’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center provides fully integrated research, prevention, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation programs for patients and families coping with cancer. The cancer center is one of 39 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide and the only one in Orange County. The designation is the highest honor given by the NCI in recognition for excellence in cancer research and treatment.

Located on the UC Irvine Medical Center campus, the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is affiliated with the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. As a university-based facility, it offers the expertise of a scientific community that has earned an international reputation for its work in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

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News

Annual Report 2007 Drs. Ed Nelson and Lari Wenzel find that Phone counseling is helpful after cervical cancer UCI study identifies importance of ‘mind-body’ connection for surviving cancer Reuters Cancer News Consumer Group names John Fruehauf Top Oncologist of 2007 Congratulations to the following Cancer Center Members for being Recognized as "Physicians of Excellence" by the Orange County Medical Association click here for more details CFCCC Michael Hudson Foundation Caregiver Award More news »

Events
June 5, 2008: National Cancer Survivors Day Past events »