In the Media Tag: West Cancer Center


Done Deal: Cancer center buys east campus from Methodist for $51M

The Memphis Business Journal

The partnership dissolution between Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and West Cancer Center that began last fall now includes the transfer via sale of West’s east campus. In September 2018, West announced it would be joining three other independent community oncology practices to found OneOncology. Separately, Methodist has plans to create a new Methodist Cancer Institute… Read More


Methodist Healthcare ends partnership with West Cancer Center, plans new institute

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and West Cancer Center have formally ended their partnership, with each organization pursuing new plans for cancer care. MLH says it now plans to form the Methodist Cancer Institute, a comprehensive cancer center, in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


With early dectection most breast cancers curable

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With so much research and so many clinical trials being conducted around breast cancer, you may wonder why there still is no overall cure for the disease. The reason is simple. “We cannot treat cancer as one disease, because unfortunately it’s not. Within breast cancer there are many different subtypes, and they all have different… Read More


Local breast cancer centers consolidate

The Memphis Business Journal

The merger was set in motion in September of last year, after Jack and Betty Moore donated several million dollars to The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research, the fundraising arm of the West Cancer Center. The donation was made in honor of Margaret West, mother of West Clinic founder William West.


West Cancer Center in Fight Against Brain Cancer

The Daily News

West Cancer Center … works closely with Methodist Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and in 2014 established The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research.


West Cancer Center Opens New Wolf River Facility

The Daily News

The West Cancer Center serves all adults impacted by cancer, and the partnership behind it helps fulfill that mission by pulling together the resources from three institutions – West Clinic, Methodist and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


West Cancer Center debuts in Germantown, plans another location in Midtown

The Commercial Appeal

With a partnership formed in 2012 by The West Clinic, Methodist Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the West Cancer Center links cancer treatment, clinical trials, education and research together under the same roof.


West Cancer Center Celebrates Grand Opening

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The Grand Opening is a result of an innovative partnership between Methodist Healthcare, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and West Clinic, who joined together in January 2012 to form West Cancer Center.