Texas Oncology is one of the leaders in the fight against cancer. To learn more, take a look at Texas Oncology’s numbers.
| 1986 |
Year Texas Oncology was founded |
| More than 300 |
Physicians practicing medicine at Texas Oncology |
| 100 |
Texas Oncology sites of service in Texas and New Mexico |
| More than 68,000 |
New patients who access care through Texas Oncology annually |
| 1,000 |
Patients who participated in clinical research trials through Texas Oncology and its affiliation with US Oncology in 2008 |
| 24 |
Number of the 30 latest new cancer therapies that Texas Oncology, through its affiliation with US Oncology, has played an integral role in gaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval |
| 52 |
Texas Oncology physicians named “Texas Super Docs” by Texas Monthly magazine in 2008 |
Cancer affects thousands of Texans each year, and Texas Oncology is committed to providing Texans with leading edge treatment close to home.
| 1.4 million |
Estimated new cancer cases diagnosed in the United States in 2008* |
| 97,847 |
New cancer cases expected to be diagnosed in Texas in 2009 |
| 37,285 |
Texans expected to die of cancer in 2009 |
| 102 |
Texans expected to die each day from cancer in 2009 |
* Represents latest available data.
Sources: American Cancer Society and Texas Cancer Registry.