Maryland’s Health Matters - BWMC - Spring 2018 - 5
A HEALTHY START
Tate Cancer Center: Celebrating 15
Years of Caring for Our Community
1. Opened in 2003 after a $17.4
million construction project.
2. Was named after community
philanthropists Creston and
Betty Jane Tate, who provided
a generous gift to support
the construction.
3. Has cared for more than
15,000 patients.
4. Cancers most often treated
at the center (in order) are breast,
lung, prostate, colon and urinary
bladder cancers.
5. An affiliate of the NCIdesignated University of Maryland
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum
Comprehensive Cancer Center
and a part of the University of
Maryland Cancer Network.
6. In an average day at the
center, roughly 350 patients
receive care.
The University of Maryland Baltimore
Washington Medical Center's Tate Cancer
Center has been offering our community expert
care close to home since 2003. Get to know the
center with these 15 fun facts:
7. Accredited as an Academic
Comprehensive Cancer Program
(ACAD), a designation only 13
percent of all cancer programs in
the nation have achieved.
studies that are designed to
find new and better ways to
treat patients with cancer.
9. Specializes in state-ofthe-art minimally invasive
cancer care.
11. The Aiello Breast
Center, a partner of the
Tate Cancer Center, was
one of the first breast centers
in Maryland to be accredited
by the National Accreditation
Program for Breast Centers
(NAPBC), which is a program
of the American College
of Surgeons.
10. Offers more than 15 different clinical trials, which are
12. Features a robust survivorship program, offering
8. Has a beautiful Healing
Garden located behind the
building for patients, caregivers and families.
support services such
as yoga for cancer, support
groups, palliative care,
genetic counseling and nutritional guidance.
13. On an average day, there
are approximately 90 physicians, therapists, nurses and
support staff working in the
Tate Cancer Center.
14. Uses a multidisciplinary
approach by having
specialized committees
and tumor boards that meet
regularly to discuss each
patient's unique plan of care.
15. Accredited by the
American College of
Surgeons Commission on
Cancer, which aims to improve
survival and quality of life for
cancer patients.
CELEBRATING OUR SURVIVORS
UM BWMC will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day event for current and former patients, families and caregivers on
Wednesday, June 6. The event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on the side parking lot adjacent to the Tate Cancer Center.
For more information and to RSVP, visit umbwmc.org/healthy or call 410-553-8264.
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