Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
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The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) is a multi-site, multi-disciplinary specialist cancer hospital and research centre located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The VCCC comprises an alliance between The University of Melbourne, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Health, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, the Royal Women's Hospital, the Royal Children's Hospital, Western Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Austin Health, and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.[1]
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre | |
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Geography | |
Location | Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 37°48′1″S 144°57′24″E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public Medicare (AU) |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | The University of Melbourne |
Services | |
Beds |
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Speciality | Cancer |
Helipad | No |
History | |
Opened | 24 June 2016; 7 years ago (2016-06-24) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Comprising two facilities located on two sites, the VCCC building opened on 24 June 2016 in Melbourne's Parkville Biomedical Precinct, located on the intersections of Flemington Road, Grattan Street and Elizabeth Street. The building houses the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, formerly in East Melbourne.[2] The second facility is located inside the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The two sites are joined by pedestrian bridges over Grattan Street.