The Institute also maintains a National Cancer Institute funded reference laboratory for multiple myeloma. Our bone marrow transplant program is a designated center for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Return to Top Cancer Laboratory Innovative blending of clinical laboratory services with research offer cancer patients advanced laboratory applications such a flow cytometry, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, cytogenetics and fluorescent in situ hybridization. Using such gold technologies, laboratory staff assist physicians in diagnosing difficult cases and classification of diseases that resist identification through standard laboratory methods. As a result, physicians can more accurately predict the outcome of a patient's illness and choose the most appropriate treatment.
Research involves more than a scientific activity.
It is a frame of mind. The need to find a better way and to improve the care that patients receive permeates every aspect of the work at the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. Return to Top Life Choices in Healing Modern medicine tends to be fragmented. The same can be said for traditional approaches to oncology. At the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, our goal is to integrate care by bringing multiple resources to patients rather than forcing patients to search for services.