Cross Cancer Institute is the comprehensive cancer centre for northern Alberta. The institute, named for

Wallace Warren Cross Wallace Warren Cross (September 23, 1887 – August 4, 1973) was a medical doctor and long serving politician from Alberta, Canada. Cross was elected in the 1935 Alberta general election for the Alberta Social Credit Party for the Hand Hills d ...

, is located in Edmonton near the southwest corner of the

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, and is one of two tertiary cancer centres in the province. The Cross Cancer Institute is a lead centre for the province-wide prevention, research and treatment program. The centre provides

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and outpatient services for cancer patients, advanced medical and supportive cancer care, and patient and professional education. The Cross Cancer Institute conducts research through the Alberta Cancer Research Institute. The Department of Oncology, a branch of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, is located at the Cross Cancer Institute. The department offers training in

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medicine, and

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Alberta Health Services profile of the Cross Cancer Institute
University of Alberta Hospitals in Edmonton Cancer hospitals Hospitals established in 1968 {{Canada-hospital-stub

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