On Jan. 19, 2001, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance outpatient clinic opened, the final phase in a more than two year, multiphase process, bringing to the area one of the most state-of-the-art cancer-care clinics in the nation.

The Alliance combined the strengths of three of the best oncology organizations in the Pacific Northwest, making it the “host” for the cancer-care services delivered by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.

Through the Alliance, patients had access to the latest research-based cancer therapies being developed by its partner organizations, including treatments for a number of malignant and non-malignant diseases and disorders.