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Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
Detailed information for Patients, Relatives and Carers, Cancer Professionals and the Beatson Oncology Centre Fund are now available through the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre website.
Background
The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre is the lead centre for the delivery of non-surgical cancer care for the West of Scotland.
It serves a population of 2.8m, and has clinical links with 16 hospitals in five surrounding health board areas.
The Beatson is Scotland’s largest cancer centre and the second-largest in the UK. As a result, the workload is varied - each year, the Beatson team sees more than 8,000 new patients, and more than 20,000 courses of chemotherapy and over 6,500 courses of radiotherapy are administered.
Waiting times for radical treatment are among the lowest in the UK.
An internationally renowned teaching centre, the Beatson WoSCC incorporates the academic units of Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Translational Research and Palliative Care.