For over 70 years, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has had one goal: to reduce the suffering caused by cancer through advanced clinical care and scientific research. Dana-Farber is committed to providing multidisciplinary, compassionate, and collaborative care that puts patients and their families at the center. Care is provided by teams of specialists organized around combating specific types of cancer, providing easy and direct access for patients. As a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Dana- Farber attracts many of the best and brightest physicians and researchers in the world to share in this mission.