Why Dana-Farber?
Every year, thousands of people with cancer from around the world come to Dana-Farber for their care. Here are some of the reasons why:
We focus exclusively on cancer
- Unlike general hospitals, Dana-Farber specializes exclusively in cancer research and care. Every employee at the hospital, from the office assistants to the chief of staff, is committed entirely to supporting patients with all kinds of cancer — including the rarest forms — and to finding a cure for the disease.
We put the patient and family first
- Dana-Farber was one of two hospitals in the country singled out as a leader in providing patient- and family-centered care in "Patient- and Family-Centered Care: Partnerships for Quality and Safety," a video produced by the American Hospital Association and the Institute for Family-Centered Care.
- Dana-Farber's adult and pediatric patient and family advisory councils play an integral role in almost all decisions made at the hospital regarding patient care.
We are widely recognized as one of the best
- Dana-Farber has been ranked as the best cancer hospital in New England and fifth best in the nation in U.S.News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" survey.
- As a Harvard Medical School affiliate, we are able to recruit and staff some of the best and brightest physicians and researchers in the world.
We've teamed up with other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals
- Dana-Farber has partnered with two of the nations finest hospitals - Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston - to provide our patients with a complete system of integrated care.
We make the latest research advances available to our patients today
- Dana-Farber's physician-researchers are involved in some of the most significant breakthroughs in cancer research and care. These discoveries, like Gleevec in treating CML and GIST, are made available to our patients, providing them with the latest treatment methods often months or years before they are offered to patients at other hospitals.
- Dana-Farber offers more than 400 adult and pediatric therapeutic clinical trials, in which many of the future's treatment methods are being tested today.
We believe in treating the "whole patient"
- Dana-Farber founder Sidney Farber, MD, pioneered the concept of comprehensive patient care as early as the 1950s, in which patients are seen not only by physicians and nurses, but also by social workers, nutritionists, and other caregivers.
We are a leader in providing care for cancer survivors
- As more people survive cancer each year, Dana-Farber has blazed new trails in counseling cancer survivors about health challenges they may face as a result of treatment, and about steps that can reduce the risk of future problems.
