Medical Tourism Facility:

A major focus of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is to speed up the transfer of new diagnostic and treatment techniques from the research setting to patient care. The highly integrated approach to cancer research and treatment among SCCA partner organizations supports the flow of scientific information among researchers, clinicians, and patients, thereby accelerating the development of new knowledge and treatment of various cancers.

Physicians at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance treat patients with cancer; they also conduct research at the SCCA parent organizations: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine, and Seattle Children's.

Many people come to SCCA to gain access to leading-edge treatments, including clinical trials. They want to expand their options for treatment to include the latest and most innovative treatments, and they know that for many types of cancer the best chance for a cure is found in a clinical trial.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance unites the doctors from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington Medical Center, and Seattle Children's to form a world-class treatment center that provides advanced therapies and clinical studies for cancers and other blood disorders.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

- Ranked first nationwide among academic and research institutions in grant funding from the National Cancer Institute.

University of Washington Medical Center

- University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) is ranked among the top five hospitals in the United States for cancer treatment by U.S. News & World Report.

- Ranked third among medical schools nationwide in research grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

- Considered the leading center for the Human Genome Project.

- Recognized as one of only four hospitals in the United States with dedicated clinical programs that use high-energy radiation therapy with a linear accelerator, and neutron therapy with a cyclotron.

- Acclaimed internationally for its radiology program and the expertise of its faculty; provides state-of-the-art equipment, including positron emission tomography (PET). New advances originating in this program have evolved into several unique examinations unavailable elsewhere.

Seattle Children's

- Recognized nationally for its pediatric bone tumor and brain tumor programs.

-One of nine centers nationwide to participate in the Pediatric Brain Tumor - Pioneered the concept of multidisciplinary care of the pediatric brain tumor patients.

- The Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Tumor Service brings state-of-the-art care to children and adolescents with musculoskeletal tumors. New metabolic imaging methods have been developed that improve the ability to see musculoskeletal abnormalities. New bone transplantation and skeletal reconstruction procedures have been developed that now leave patients with more function.

- The Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology Service provides leading-edge technology to patients with brain or spinal cord tumors, including functional brain mapping. The Pediatric Neurosurgical Service also uses state-of-the-art frameless stereotactic equipment, microscopes, and lasers.

* Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
* Aplastic Anemia
* Autoimmune Diseases
* Bladder Cancer
* Blood Disorders
* Bone Marrow Transplant
* Brain & Spinal Cord Cancers
* Breast Cancer
* Cervical Cancer
* Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
* Colon Cancer
* Endometrial Cancer
* Gastrointestinal Cancers
* Gynecologic Cancer
* Head & Neck Cancers
* Hodgkin's Lymphoma
* Kidney Cancer
* Leukemia
* Liver Cancer
* Lung Cancer
* Melanoma
* Merkel Cell Carcinoma
* Mesothelioma
* Multiple Myeloma
* Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
* Non-Hodgkin?s Lymphoma
* Oral Cancer
* Ovarian Cancer
* Pancreatic Cancer
* Parathyroid Cancer
* Prostate Cancer
* Salivary Gland Cancer
* Sarcoma
* Skin Cancer
* Stomach Cancer
* Testicular Cancer
* Thyroid Cancer
* Vulvar Cancer

Pediatric Treatments
* Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
* Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
* Aplastic Anemia - Children
* Bone Cancer and Soft Tissue Sarcoma
* Bone Marrow Transplant - Children
* Brain Tumors
* Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
* Germ Cell Tumors
* Hemophilia
* Hereditary Spherocytosis
* Hodgkin's Lymphoma
* Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
* Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
* Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
* Kidney Tumors
* Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis
* Leukemia
* Liver Tumors
* Neuroblastoma
* Neutropenia
* Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
* Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID)
* Sickle Cell Disease
* Thalassemia
* Thrombosis
* von Willebrand Disease