Standards for Cancer Centers And Hospitals
FRAMEWORK FOR A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER
The comprehensive cancer center has three layers: clinical management, clinical services, and core services.
The framework provides a reference point for planning for a comprehensive center, even if this is achieved incrementally as funding and capacity are built up.
Ref: Mary Gospodarowicz, Joann Trypuc, Anil D‘Cruz, Jamal Khader, Sherif Omar, and Felicia Knaul, Cancer Services and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mary Gospodarowicz, MD FRCPC FRCR (Hon), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto