The East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Cancer Center’s mission is to provide ideal multidisciplinary cancer care while partnering caring with rigorous research in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care.

Staffed by a team of oncologists and oncology nurses in medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery from the medical school who work closely with radiation oncologists at the Johnson City Medical Center, the ETSU Cancer Center is a partnership between Mountain States Health Alliance and the East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine to provide a full range of oncology services all within one facility.

A major feature of the ETSU Cancer Center is the clinical trials program in cancer prevention and treatment. Clinical trials are studies designed to identify better ways of preventing and treating cancer, as well as treating the potential side effects of cancer therapy.

The ETSU Cancer Center is an affiliate of the Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) and the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). CTSU and GOG are networks of researchers, physicians, and health care professionals. CTSU, GOG, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) fund all clinical trials at the ETSU Cancer Center.