# Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre

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## TL;DR

The Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre at London Health Sciences Centre is the regional cancer centre for south-western Ontario; with Western University it led SABR-COMET, the Canadian trial of stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with a few metastases.

## Summary

The Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, formerly the London Regional Cancer Program, is the Ontario Health regional cancer centre for south-western Ontario, located at London Health Sciences Centre's Victoria Hospital. It provides radiation oncology, medical oncology, haematology and stem cell transplantation, surgical oncology and supportive care, and hosts a large clinical trials programme. Research with Western University and Lawson Research Institute includes radiotherapy trials (the centre led the Canadian trials of stereotactic radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease, SABR-COMET), imaging and translational oncology, and Western's Cancer Research Laboratory Program.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: London Regional Cancer Program
- City: London, ON, CA
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.lhsc.on.ca

## Sources

- Official website: https://www.lhsc.on.ca

## Connected records

- technologies: [SBRT / SABR (stereotactic radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/)
- institutions: [Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario)](https://onco.cc/institutions/ontario-health-cancer-care-ontario/)
- people: [Anthony C. Nichols](https://onco.cc/people/anthony-nichols/), [David A. Palma](https://onco.cc/people/david-palma/), [Tammy Quigley](https://onco.cc/people/tammy-quigley/)

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