title: Ellis Fischel Cancer Center: cancer care at the crossroads.
abstract: Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, the first state cancer center west of the Mississippi River, opened its doors in 1940, one year before Houston's M. D. Anderson. Ellis Fischel has been through major and challenging transitions over the years and is in the midst of another. The institution has matured, evolved and progressed to a modern, full service facility and care paradigm. Ellis Fischel has never faltered in its time-honored traditional value of serving the needs of all Missourians regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location. We review in this paper services available at Ellis Fischel and how they are likely to change over the next five years.
authors.affiliation: Missouri Palliative Care Program, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri Health Care, USA. andersoncm@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Clay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008923:Missouri; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*