Cancer Centers in Germany
The US-system of NCI-designated Cancer Centers is successfully adopted by the German Cancer Aid in Europe, founded by the late German First Lady Mildred Scheel. The daughter of an US-American mother supported from the very beginning the German-American cooperation in fighting cancer. The Federal Minister of Health (Germany), Philipp Rösler (FDP), opened on 2nd November 2010 in Heidelberg the largest German NCI (Nationales Centrum Tumorerkrankungen). The cost of the new building of 29 million euro are financed with private donation from the people to the German Cancer Aid. This organization is financing more than ten such Cancer Centers.
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