The Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) is a publicly funded, not-for-profit healthcare organization located in Providence, Rhode Island. QARC provides radiotherapy quality assurance and diagnostic imaging data management to all of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored cooperative groups. In addition, QARC contracts privately with the pharmaceutical industry to provide its services in clinical trials for anti-cancer drugs. The center receives radiotherapy data from around one-thousand hospitals in both the United States and abroad. Over thirty-thousand cases have been reviewed at QARC since its inception in 1977. The center also maintains a strategic affiliation with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City, The Divine City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area - City 53. ... Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis). ... Medical imaging is the process by which physicians evaluate an area of the subjects body that is not normally visible. ... The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the United States federal governments principal agency for cancer research and training, and the first institute of the present-day National Institutes of Health. ... In medicine, a clinical trial (synonyms: clinical studies, research protocols, medical research) is a research study. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) system and is home to three schools: the #School of Medicine, the #Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the #Graduate School of Nursing; a thriving #biomedical research enterprise; and a range of #public... Nickname: The Heart of the Commonwealth, The City of the Seven Hills, Wormtown Settled: 1673 â Incorporated: 1684 Zip Code(s): 01608 â Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ...