Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** The mission of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University is to improve the lives of cancer patients by focusing basic, clinical, and population sciences on the problems of cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and novel treatment. The Center has established three Centers of Excellence in brain, breast, and prostate cancer. It became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1974 and a comprehensive center in 1990.

**Synonyms:** - CCCWFU