START Carolinas

START Carolinas is a research institute in Myrtle Beach, SC. It operates as a genitourinary clinical research center focusing on prostate, bladder, and renal cancers. The facility was founded in 1998 by Neal Shore, MD, FACS, initially as the Carolina Urologic Research Center. It has conducted nearly 500 national and international clinical trials over the past 25 years. The team includes several board-certified urologists and over 20 full-time research staff. Principal investigators at the site include Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, Brian Roberts, MD, FACS, Richard Young, MD, FACS, David Rich, MD, Robert Jansen, MD, Jessica Swaim, MD, Jacquelyn Booher, DO, and Abhishek Srivastava, MD. The clinic features a dedicated treatment room, an Investigational Drug Section, and a Pharmacokinetics section. It also maintains a Regulatory Affairs and Data Management department. START Carolinas is part of the START Center for Cancer Research, which operates locations in San Antonio, Los Angeles, New York, Madrid, Grand Rapids, West Valley City, Fort Worth, and East Brunswick. The Myrtle Beach office is located at 823 82nd Parkway, Suite B, and is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm EST.

START Carolinas is a genitourinary clinical research center in Myrtle Beach, SC, dedicated to advancing therapies for prostate, bladder, and renal cancers through early phase trials.

Services:

• Early Phase Oncology Trials
• Preclinical Research