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One of the top 5 Cancer Research Centres in the World
The Princess Margaret
The Princess Margaret is proud to be the world leader in cancer stem cell research.
In addition, The Princess Margaret is:
The world leader in cancer stem cell research
A world leader in image-guided therapeutics
A world leader in lung cancer research and treatment
A world leader in patient survivorship program development
An emerging world leader in breast cancer research and discovery
An emerging world leader in personalized cancer medicine
What does it mean to be a major cancer centre?
As a major cancer centre, The Princess Margaret actively adheres to the following:
Invests in research through the Ontario Cancer Institute and The
Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute, focusing on basic,
translational, and clinical cancer research
Works to develop more effective approaches to improve cancer
diagnoses and therapies
Delivers state-of-the-art care and services to patients and families
Attracts, retains and educates many top cancer healthcare
professionals
Educates the Canadian public about cancer research, cancer
prevention, cancer support and treatment
The above activities are supported by a long list of funding sources – provincial,
federal, and international – which provide grants focused on cancer research,
prevention, training and education. These grants are available through a competitive
process, and scientists and researchers at The Princess Margaret are very successful
in attracting and retaining grants for their work.
The Princess Margaret: One of the Top 5 Cancer Research Centres in the
World
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (The Princess Margaret) has a long history of
outstanding patient care and advanced research with a vision to be one of the top 5
Cancer Research Centres in the world. There are no agreed upon metrics or
reporting systems to compare cancer programs around the world, but current data
positions The Princess Margaret amongst other top comprehensive cancer centres in
the United States.
Using the analysis from the 2013-14 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals”
study, Princess Margaret Cancer CentrePrincess Margaret Hospital was held to similar
criteria and rated on the core aspects of technologies and patient services. Also
included in the benchmarking was a review of all recent research that has been
conducted by the cancer research centre.
Institutes among the top 5 highest rankings in cancer care include:
MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Center at Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland
Mayo Clinic Cancer Centre, Rochester, Minnesota
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston,
Massachusetts
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The Princess Margaret is certainly ranked as being amongst this elite global group
which also includes:
The Royal Marsden Cancer Centre – London, England
Institut Gustave-Rouss – Villejuif Cedex, France
The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Melbourne, Australia
National Cancer Center – Tokyo, Japan
Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm, Sweden
The Princess Margaret completed an analysis of the comprehensive cancer care it
provides using the organizations listed above as benchmarks. It was determined that
The Princess Margaret is one of the top 5 cancer research centres when measured
against the same criteria used for the above cancer centres. These three criteria
include:
1. Technologies – measures the availability and use of advanced
technology for patients.
2. Patient Services – measures the major conveniences for patients
such as translators, sophisticated care or a service that reflects forward
thinking and sensitivity to patient needs.
3. Research – measures the number of citations in high-impact journals
as a percentage.
1. The Princess Margaret: Technologies
The 2013-14 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” study lists certain key
technologies in its methodology that are expected from “best hospitals”. As a top 5
cancer research centre, The Princess Margaret offers all of the 7 technologies that are
listed as relevant to the Cancer specialty:
Full-field digital mammography: A procedure that combines c-ray generators and
tubes used in analog screen-film mammography with a detector plate that converts
the x-rays into a digital signal to help diagnose breast cancer.
Image-guided radiation therapy: An automated system that provides
high-resolution x-ray images to pinpoint tumour sites, adjust patient positioning as
necessary, and complete treatment within the standard treatment time slot, allowing
for more effective cancer treatments.
PET/CT scanner: A machine that combines PET and CT capabilities in one device to
provide metabolic functional information and images of physical structures in the
body for diagnostics and monitoring chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical
planning.
Robotic surgery: The use of computer-guided imaging and manipulative devices to
perform surgery without the surgeon’s direct intervention.
Shape-beamed radiation: A non-invasive procedure that delivers a therapeutic
dose of radiation to a defined area of a tumour to shrink or destroy cancerous cells.
Stereotactic radiosurgery: A radiotherapy modality that delivers a high dosage of
radiation to a discrete treatment area in as little as one treatment session. Variants
include Gamma knife and Cyberknife.
Transplant services: Organ transplant programs in heart, liver, lung, or kidney
transplant. In addition, hospitals listed as bone marrow and tissue transplant centers
by the AHA are recognized. Transplant services are specific to the specialty. In the
Cancer specialty, transplant services include bone marrow and other tissue
transplants.
2. The Princess Margaret: Patient Services
Major cancer centres work to accommodate as many patients as possible with the
most sophisticated care. The following elements were reviewed from the annual
American Hospital Association (AHA) survey, and only leading comprehensive cancer
centres included all of the below, in addition to The Princess Margaret:
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centres included all of the below, in addition to The Princess Margaret:
Genetic testing/counseling: A service equipped with adequate laboratory facilities
and directed by a qualified physician to advise parents and prospective parents on
potential problems in cases of genetic defects.
Hospice: A program that provides care (including pain relief) and supportive services
for the terminally ill and their families.
Infection isolation room: A single-occupancy room designed to minimize the
possibility of infectious transmission, typically through the use of controlled
ventilation, air pressure, and filtration.
Pain-Management Program: A program that provides specialized care,
medications, or therapies for the management of acute or chronic pain.
Palliative Care: A program that provides care by specially-trained physicians and
other clinicians for relief of acute or chronic pain or to control symptoms of illness.
Patient-controlled analgesia: A system that allows the patient to control
intravenously administered pain medicine.
Translators: A service provide by the hospital to assist non-English-speaking
patients.
Wound-management services: Services for patients with chronic wounds and
nonhealing wounds often resulting from diabetes, poor circulation, improper seating,
and immunocompromising conditions.
3. The Princess Margaret: Research
When a medical researcher has work published in a journal, depending on the quality
and impact of the work, other researchers and medical professionals will refer to the
work and cite it. The more frequently a researcher is cited in a prestigious journal,
the more impact that paper has on the scientific and medical community. Being cited
in a distinguished journal is paramount for a researcher and the institution where
they work, as it can positively influence the importance of their research in the field.
From the top 5 cancer research centres listed in the survey, the percentage of
researchers cited in high-impact oncology journals was measured, and The Princess
Margaret ranked fourth. Below is the percentage of published papers that occurred in
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (22.0%)
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (15.1%)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (14.8%)
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (11.4%)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (11.2%)
University of Washington (9.8%)
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