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UChicago Medicine Receives $20 Million Gift For Cancer Care And Research
The new center will be Illinois' only freestanding facility dedicated solely to cancer.
December 14, 2023
CHICAGO (CBS) -- UChicago Medicine announced Wednesday that it has received a $20 million boost in the fight against cancer.
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The gift from Susan and Tandean Rustandy will support a seven-story 575,000 square-foot cancer care and research pavilion on 57th Street between Maryland and Drexel avenues on the University of Chicago Medical Center campus. Construction has already begun for the facility.
The new center will be Illinois' only freestanding facility dedicated solely to cancer. It is set to open in 2027 and has a total cost of $815 million.
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