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Webcasts of various treatments and procedures performed at WFBMC.

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Comprehensive Cancer Center Expansion

Construction is underway on a six-story addition to our Comprehensive Cancer Center, which will bring both inpatient and outpatient services into a single location.

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Ranked Among the Nation's Best Hospitals in Cancer

Ranked Among the Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report 

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is ranked among the nation's best hospitals for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about us.

Why Be Treated at a Comprehensive Cancer Center?

The Comprehensive Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is proud to be among the elite group of cancer centers acknowledged as the nation’s leaders in the fight against cancer. The National Cancer Institute’s comprehensive designation is an assurance that our patients have access to the latest technologies, cancer treatments, and research. Learn more about cancers we treat at Wake Forest.

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At most medical centers, it can take weeks to see each of the physicians who will have a role in the patient’s care. Our team of cancer experts has developed a system to streamline the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of cancer patients by specialized teams of surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists as well as allied health care professionals.  

Cancer Accreditations 

As one of only 40 institutions in the United States to be NCI-designated as a comprehensive cancer center, we have many accreditations, including:   

The Breast Care Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the first center in the region to be granted full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Learn more about our accreditations.


Areas of Focus

The focus of BTCOE is on improving patient care through translational research, since many brain tumors represent unmet needs in medicine.

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The Breast Cancer Center of Excellence (BCOE) facilitates collaborative research among basic scientists, public health scientists and clinical researchers that addresses...

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The Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence (PCCOE) provides a mechanism to foster innovative, multidisciplinary research on prostate cancer.

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The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University (CCCWFU) offers more cancer-related clinical trials than any other hospital in western North Carolina.

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An alternative to traditional brain surgery, Gamma Knife pinpoints tiny beams of radiation to destroy diseased tissue without harming healthy tissue. There’s actually no...

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Leukemia is a group of bone marrow diseases involving an uncontrolled increase in white blood cells (leukocytes). The Leukemia Program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center...

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