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WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2020The largest—and original—Mayo Clinic has been in Rochester, Minnesota, since 1889. Every
year, approximately 1.3 million people from 138 countries come to the Mayo Clinic’s 19 hos-
pitals in five states for their specialized team approach. With over 4,800 staff physicians and
scientists and over 4,000 full-time research personnel, it is committed to finding answers
to the toughest medical cases. Always on the cutting edge, the clinic recently announced
several new cancer initiatives. In a counterintuitive move, researchers in Rochester found
that by encouraging cancers to mutate, the cancers can be targeted by immunotherapy, and
clinical trials for pediatric patients with brain tumors will put this into practice shortly. It
also recently announced an agreement to build the first carbon ion therapy treatment center
in North America to treat challenging cancers at its Jacksonville, Florida, campus. Patients
who seek out the Mayo Clinic appreciate the convenience of its rapid, same-day test results
and free concierge services to assist with logistics and travel advice. MayoClinic.orgMayo Clinic
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