Within the walls of the Emory Winship Cancer Institute cancer treatment center, at this instant, most people are testing, thinking, collaborating, exploring ways to treat all types of cancer. That's because the next meaningful discovery in cancer research and treatment could occur at any time, but only as a result of a dedicated team and their talent and time to making it happen.



The commitment to making it happen drives the team at the Winship cancer treatment center every day. Daily their work revolves around a single concept: to pursue the discovery of treatment for all types of cancer and to apply this discovery to give people hope.

Winship is soon to be Georgia's first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer treatment center, and its targets are focused on how to best apply the latest findings in cancer research to the treatment of this disease, for tomorrow and today. This is called translational research, a way of taking the latest discoveries and putting them to work as rapidly as possible to treat people with all types of cancer.

The center keeps its focus by recruiting and retaining some of the world's top-notch researchers and physicians. These are brilliant, engaged individuals who collaborate in teams to explore new ways and therapies to make Winship Cancer Institute a "team of teams." As an organization, these teams have the flexibility, freedom and support to pursue their efforts.

Emory Winship Cancer Institute cancer treatment center is also distinguished by the following:

A multidisciplinary approach. As part of Emory University, Winship recruits experts and researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Physicians, scientists and social scientists from across Emory University's system, all play an active role in Winship's efforts to accelerate discovery. The Institute firmly believes that this multidisciplinary approach is its best chance to defeat all types of cancer.

A culture of caring. Winship cancer treatment center places a high priority on embodying a "culture of caring." It offers an array of services to patients and their families, and it pays attention to matters both large and small. This high level of support and care helps sustain positive thinking and determination, both of which are crucial in the fight against cancer.

An emphasis on collaboration. Winship is a partner in the Georgia Cancer Coalition, a groundbreaking public-private partnership that unites Georgia's leading hospitals, universities, biotech firms, civic groups and non-profit and government agencies. So Winship shares its findings and leverages the excellent work of other organizations.

A world-class facility. Winship's seven-story, 280,000-square foot pavilion brings together patients with cancer, doctors, nurses and scientists, all under a single roof. It is built the way the cancer research-treatment facilities will be built in the future, serving as a "discovery accelerator" that facilitates new advances in genomics and molecular medicine.

Enterprising science. Winship researchers push the limits of science. Whether pinpointing new drugs and vaccines for AIDS-related types of cancers; exploring the capacity of a "policing gene" that may protect against breast, ovarian and prostate cancer or undertaking clinical trials of melanoma vaccines and treatments; Winship scientists constantly strive to break new ground.

Its location. Winship cancer treatment center is based in Atlanta, one of the world's most accessible international cities. It is a block away from the world headquarters of the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).