Fund-A-Need
All Aboard to Beat all Cancers
$1,000,000.00
Buckeye Cruise Fund-A-Need Purchases
2020-2022 PROJECT
Outpatient Cancer Center
Revolutionizing the Next Generation of Cancer Care
Ohio State’s new outpatient cancer center is a space built on our simple but powerful idea: better lives for people with cancer, from diagnosis to treatment through survivorship. The space will focus on cancers that affect bone and soft tissue, blood, kidney, bladder and prostate — cancers in which treatment options have advanced to the point that outpatient care is now an option. Patients will have access to the excellent cancer care our community already trusts from Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).
Personalized patient care, illuminated by research
The outpatient center will expand our community’s access to trials. Currently, one in four patients at the OSUCCC – James participates in clinical trials recommended by their oncologists. These trials give people access to advanced, targeted treatment designed to meet their specific needs.
The center also will expand Ohio State’s digital pathology program, allowing radiologists and oncologists to see patients’ images in real time. The technology promises faster, more accurate patient diagnoses and real-time second opinions among Ohio State doctors — especially useful in rare cancers.
The center will be built for cancer surgeries that don’t require an overnight stay, including outpatient procedures such as prostate surgery and lumpectomies. And a 24-hour urgent care center will be designed just for cancer patients. This alternative to traditional emergency rooms will mean lower co-pays and faster symptom management. Private post-surgery suites and urgent care spaces will be staffed by OSUCCC – James oncology specialists. Learn more about this important project.
2024
Researches can use the latest technology to state at the leading edge of exciting cancer prevention research.
2023
The 38-foot coach will house examination rooms and space for patient intake and registration. It will offer a variety of screening including pelvic exams and paper testing, prostate and breast exams, skin, head and neck cancer screening, fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colorectal cancer, and smoking-cessation and nutrition guidance.
2020-2022
New and expanded outpatient facilities will allow the OSUCC - James to provide best-in-class patient care, recruit and retain top researches and clinicians.
2019
By using cellular therapy, OSUCC - James Specialists are able to harness a patient's immune system to fight back against cancer.
2018
Analyzes massive amounts of information contained within a person's cells.
2017
Makes it easier for researches to get real-time plotting and graphical gating on patient cells that are being analyzed.
2016
Processes samples more quickly and efficiently so researches have the information they need to determine best treatments.
2015
A cutting-edge, live-cell imaging instrument that provides high-resolution window into living cancer cells and tissues.
2014
Chemists and Pharmacologists use this to understand how drugs developed at Ohio State work in various studies and in patients enrolled in clinical trials.
2012
Located at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center, which provides physical therapy intervention.
2011
Enables medical scientists to rapidly measure physical and chemical properties of cells and particles.
Cell Therapy Process Development Lab and the equipment that is changing treatments and outcomes!
Director of the Cell Therapy Lab, Lynn O'Donnell explains the impact our your support!
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
Thank you to Tom & Kathy Huff and Bob & Corrine Frick for their generosity to the 2018 Buckeye Cruise for Cancer Fund-A-Need project that helped raise over $400,000 for cancer research, including the purchase of The Thermo Scientific TSQ Altis triple-stage quadrupole mass spectrometer.
Bob & Corrine Frick
Tom & Kathy Huff
Spread Out Your Donation
Elect to have your Fund-A-Need donations spread out over 12 months! A $3,000 donation in a calendar year to The Ohio State University will qualify you to be eligible for President's Club benefits, where you will have the opportunity to purchase athletic tickets. Your Fund-A-Need donations will apply to your total giving!