A Leader in Patient Care

• Hollings Cancer Center is located at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston – a medical hub for South Carolina.

• More than 150 MUSC faculty – clinicians and researchers – lead patient care and the translation of research into application at Hollings Cancer Center.

• Completed in 1993, HCC is the only dedicated cancer facility at MUSC. Our expansion was completed in 2007. The entire facility is 202,139 gross square feet and houses multidisciplinary clinics, chemotherapy infusion suites, research laboratories, and much more.

• Hollings is contributing to the development and construction of a new Drug Discovery facility to be completed in 2010 and a Cancer Genomics and Bioengineering Building to be completed in 2011.

• Hollings offers state-of-the-art diagnostic capabilities, therapies and surgical techniques.

• Hollings has multidisciplinary clinics that involve surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation therapists, radiologists, pathologists, psychologists and many other specialists seeing patients simultaneously under one roof. Multidisciplinary care is provided in disease specific clinics such as thoracic, breast, head & neck, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, hematologic,gynecologic, neuro, skin, orthopaedic, sarcoma, and pediatric cancers.

• The Hollings Mobile Health Unit provides cancer education and screening for breast, prostate, cervical, head and neck, and skin cancers throughout twelve counties of the Lowcountry. To address the significant rate of cancer disparities in South Carolina, services are targeted to rural, poor, uninsured, and African American and Hispanic populations.

• Hollings has launched a Patient Navigation program to assist underserved women diagnosed with breast cancer as they “navigate” the complex health care system. We have staff that are culturally representative of the patients they serve. The program includes assistance in securing financial and other resources for diagnosis and treatment.

• Hollings has established a Cancer Disparities Advisory Board to assist the Hollings team in planning strategies to eliminate disparities.

• Integrative Cancer Care, housed at Hollings, is the only one-stop-shop in the Lowcountry for cancer patients. It offers oncology and therapeutic massage, nutritional counseling and supplements, a wide range of mastectomy products with fittings by certified personnel, wigs, turbans, surgical stockings, and other essential resources for cancer patients. This shop caters to the physical, medical and emotional needs of cancer patients.

A Leader in Research

• Hollings is the only major academic-based cancer program in South Carolina. The closest National Cancer Institute designated cancer center is in Chapel Hill, NC.

• More than 1,000 people are currently participating in a cancer clinical trial at Hollings.

• Hollings established a statewide clinical trials network in 2005 to ensure cancer clinical trials are available throughout the state.