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Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers is the largest pediatric oncology and blood disease center in the United States.〔Baylor College of Medicine (. ) Retrieved 2009-04-14〕 U.S. News & World Report ranked the cancer center #1 in Texas and #4 in the United States.〔"U.S. News and World Report (. ) Retrieved 06/02/2011〕 It is located in Houston, Texas. Texas Children's Hospitals is designated on the ''U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll'',〔U.S. News and World Report (''Best Children's Hospital's Honor Roll ) Retrieved 06-02-2011〕 which is reserved to those hospitals that rank in all 10 subspecialties surveyed. The facilities of the multidisciplinary center, located at Texas Children's Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, includes a 36-bed inpatient unit, a outpatient clinic and a 15-bed bone marrow transplant unit, as well as extensive research laboratories.〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Facilities at the Texas Children's Hospital Location . )〕 Each year the center provides a specialized level of care to more than 1,500 children and adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer and blood diseases. The center is staffed by nationally and internationally recognized experts who have made major clinical and research advances in the treatment of childhood malignancies. Residents completing core programs in pediatrics may enter accredited subspecialty training in the Baylor College of Medicine hematology/oncology fellowship program. The Center has three NIH-funded training grants. Current research programs include molecular oncology,〔Texas Children's Cancer Center . (Molecular Oncology. )〕 tumor cell biology, developmental therapeutics,〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Developmental Therapeutics Program. )〕 cancer genetics and genomics,〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program. )〕 cell and gene therapy,〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Center for Cell and Gene Therapy . )〕 transplantation biology,〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Transplantation Biology. )〕 tumor immunology and neuro-oncology.〔Texas Children's Cancer Center. (Brain Tumor Program. )〕 A major focus of the center is to develop innovative therapies for those pediatric cancers and blood disorders that pose the greatest challenges for cure. ==History== Originally called the Research Hematology Laboratory, Texas Children's Cancer Center was founded by Dr. Donald J. Fernbach in January 1958. The National Cancer Institute provided the first grant that the center was funded on. In 1959, Dr. Fernbach performed the first bone marrow transplant from one identical twin to another; this was one of the first procedures of its kind for aplastic anemia.〔 (Reflections on Texas Children's Hospital ) Retrieved 2009-10-30〕 The TCH Hematology Center has been serving children with SCD since 1958. The service first employed a comprehensive program for screening newborns at the large Harris County Hospital District facility in 1975 and was instrumental in the creation of the State newborn screening program.〔 (Texas Department of State Health Services, Newborn Screening Program ) Retrieved 2011-06-08〕 Patients from 20 surrounding counties and East Texas are drawn to the program. In 2001, the Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Center was formed to provide comprehensive care to the patients being followed by the service. The Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Center is located within the Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Texas Children's Cancer Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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