The Huntsman Cancer Institute.

• Position: Salt Lake City Area

Salt Lake City - THE HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE (HCl) is undergoing construction that will significantly expand the hospital.

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The expansion will double inpatient capacity from 50 beds to 100, and will double existing imaging and radiation treatment facilities and operating rooms. It will house the new Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program and expanded Cancer Learning and Wellness Centers. It will also accommodate expanded clinical trials and enhance patient access to promising new treatments "Expanding the Huntsman Cancer Hospital was a carefully considered joint decision by the leadership of the University of Utah and the Huntsman family," said Michael Young, president of the University of Utah. "The need for better treatments for this devastating disease drives the urgency of this expansion, which will allow HCl researchers to develop more clinical trials and enroll more patients in...