Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Tom Baker Cancer Centre at the Foothills Medical Centre
Alberta Health Services
Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the Special Services Building Location of The Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary
Geography
Location	1403 - 29 St. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	51°03′47″N 114°08′01″W / 51.06297°N 114.1336°W / 51.06297; -114.1336
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada)
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Calgary
Services
Beds	Unknown
Speciality	Medical oncology
History
Opened	1981
Links
Website	Foothills Hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC) is a tertiary care facility for Southern Alberta, named for the founding chairman of the Alberta Cancer Board, and is one of two tertiary cancer centres in the province.^[1] It is a lead Cancer Centre in southern Alberta for prevention, research and treatment programs and provides many advanced medical services, as well as supportive care for both inpatients and outpatients. The Cancer Centre also conducts research through the Charbonneau Cancer Institute^[2] and houses a comprehensive palliative care facility.

The Cancer Centre is located at the Foothills Medical Centre and is physically attached to the Special Services Building, which too provides special, advanced medical services to patients.

See also

• Cross Cancer Institute
• Alberta Health Services
• Alberta Cancer Foundation
• List of hospitals in Canada

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Calgary hospitals

• Alberta Children's Hospital
• Foothills Medical Centre
• Peter Lougheed Centre
• Rockyview General Hospital
• South Health Campus
• Tom Baker Cancer Centre

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