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The UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center in Orange County, California.

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Vision and Mission

VISION
Our vision is to prevent, manage and cure cancer so that all people live healthier, longer lives.

MISSION
The Center’s overall Mission parallels that of our parent institutions, the University of California, Irvine and its health system, UCI Health: to DISCOVER, TEACH, and HEAL within the broad discipline of cancer medicine.

Discover
To facilitate and promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary cancer research across UCI. To develop new knowledge about the causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and survival of cancer that shift scientific paradigms, change public policy and clinical practice, and eliminate cancer health disparities.
Teach
To disseminate state-of-the-art cancer knowledge to cancer caregivers, patients and families, and the public. To train the next diverse generation of cancer researchers and care providers.
Heal
To deliver the highest quality multidisciplinary clinical care to cancer patients. To develop and sustain programs to alleviate the burden of cancer within our diverse community.

NCI cancer centers are national leaders in cancer research, education and treatment, and centers designated as "comprehensive" are at the forefront, signifying that it has met rigorous criteria aimed at providing world-class patient care and innovative research.

Designated as "comprehensive" in 1994, and renewed in 2015, CFCCC continues to serve as a vital resource for Orange County and surrounding areas in the fight to alleviate the burden of cancer, integrating world-class research, prevention and the most advanced diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation programs to provide the best possible care for patients and their families.

CFCCC brings together scientists and clinicians from more than 32 departments across seven schools at UCI, including the schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Information & Computer Science, Engineering and Business.

Members are organized into three themed research programs that provide an interactive and collaborative infrastructure for cancer discovery, clinical investigation including early phase and investigator-initiated trials, and population-based cancer research. The programs are further linked by the CFCCC disease-oriented teams that bring together basic, translational, patient-centered, and clinical investigators to facilitate the movement of CFCCC discoveries through the pipeline into the clinical arena. Research is supported by seven shared resources that provide our members access to state-of-the-art technology, equipment and expert consultation.

CoC-accredited cancer programs like CFCCC offer their patients with cancer:

Quality care close to home
Comprehensive care
A multidisciplinary, team approach
Information and education
Patient-centered services
Options for genetic assessment and counseling, and palliative care services
Care monitoring and quality improvement
Treatment planning based on evidence-based national treatment guidelines
Clinical trials and new treatment options
Follow-up care including a survivorship care plan
Patient tracking through the cancer data system

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The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is led by a Director, a Deputy Director, and a team of Associate Directors representing all aspects of the center.

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The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center brings together the expertise of external advisors who are leaders and content experts in their respective scientific, business and lay communities. Together, these boards guide the Cancer Center on their mission and vision.

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Orange County California CFCCC — Catchment Area

The catchment area of the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) is Orange County, California, which is the sixth-most populated county in the U.S. and a majority-minority county. CFCCC focuses our basic and clinical research on addressing burdens that affect Orange County.

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Please visit us at our various locations through North, Central and South Orange County.

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For any questions and concerns, feel free to call, email, or find a location.