FHCRC
FHCRC stands for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a private nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Seattle, Washington. It conducts basic, translational, and clinical cancer research and maintains close affiliations with the University of Washington and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a collaborative cancer program that provides patient care and clinical trials in the region.
The center opened in 1971 and was established to honor the late baseball figure Fred Hutchinson. It
FHCRC structures its research around multiple scientific programs and laboratories that explore the biology of cancer,
In 2001, FHCRC helped form the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a joint venture with UW Medicine and
Funding for FHCRC comes from federal research grants, private philanthropy, and research contracts. The center is