St. Francis Cancer Center, part of the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, is one of the foremost centers for oncology trial research in America. And it’s right here in Greenville.
The majority of health care systems of similar size to St. Francis Cancer Center do not have the ability to do high level research. Through strategic partners in the pharmaceutical industry and cooperative groups funded through the National Cancer Institute, they are able to run clinical trials that not only give patients hope, but advance the future of the field.
St. Francis Cancer Center works with pharmaceutical partners to provide broader treatment options for patients, and helps the partners in moving new agents to market. The drugs typically would cost thousands of dollars, but in a trial setting, they are made accessible to patients without discriminating on the basis of ability to pay.
Patients don’t have to travel to an academic hospital to get world-class medical care, it’s right here in Greenville. Trials could be ongoing for months or even years but Bon Secours St. Francis Health System’s mission is simple, “to bring compassion to health care and to be good help to those in need” in the Upstate.
