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The National Cancer Institute has officially designated 61 institutions across the United States as Cancer Centers on the basis of scientific excellence and extensive resources focused on cancer and cancer-related problems. Institutions are recognized within one of three levels of designation.
- Comprehensive Cancer Centers have broad programs involving and integrating three major areas of research: cancer control and population research; clinical research and prevention; and basic scientific research. They offer an extensive range of cancer treatment, clinical trials, outreach, education, and information. 38 institutions currently hold this designation.
- Clinical Cancer Centers conduct clinical and basic scientific research. Clinical centers offer cancer treatment and clinical trials and may have programs in cancer prevention, control and population research. Many also have outreach, education and information activities. 15 institutions currently hold this designation.
- Cancer Centers conduct basic laboratory research into the origin and development of cancer. 8 institutions currently hold this designation.
All NCI-designated comprehensive and clinical cancer centers
provide clinical care and service for cancer patients.
There are also a number of other institutions and medical
centers across the nation which undertake cancer treatment and research. Some of the other prominent cancer
centers are listed below.
To be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the
institution must secure a major funding grant from the National Cancer Institute in
support of the development of its scientific infrastructure. The institution then must
meet the following criteria:
Once the designation is received, the grant must be renewed
every three to five years. Grant renewal requires that the institution be reviewed to
determine that it still meets the qualifying criteria detailed above.
The 38 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers are listed
alphabetically below by state and city. Links to each Center will open another window of
your browser.
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arizona Cancer Center
Mayo Clinic Cancer
Center
City of Hope National Medical
Center
Rebecca and John Moores University of
California at San Diego Cancer Center
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer
Center at UCLA
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
and Hospital
Chao Family Comprehensive
Cancer Center
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer
Center
University
of Colorado Cancer Center
Yale
Cancer Center
Lombardi Cancer Research
Center
Mayo Clinic Cancer
Center
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &
Research Institute
Robert H. Lurie
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Holden Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center unites the major clinical, population, and basic
cancer research efforts of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Harvard Medical School and
Harvard School of Public Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Brigham and
Women's, Children's, and Massachusetts General Hospitals.
University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute
University of Minnesota Cancer
Center
Mayo Clinic Cancer
Center
Norris Cotton Cancer
Center
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ireland Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and
Richard J. Solove Research Institute
Abramson Cancer Center of the
University of Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Vermont Cancer Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center
University of Wisconsin
Paul P. Carbone Cancer Center
The 15 NCI-designated Clinical Cancer Centers are listed
alphabetically below by state and city. Links to each Center will open another window of
your browser.
UC Davis Cancer
Center
Cancer Research Center of
Hawaii
University of Chicago
Cancer Research Center
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon
Cancer Center
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
at
Eppley Cancer Center
Albert Einstein Comprehensive
Cancer Center
New York University Cancer
Institute
Oregon Cancer Institute
Kimmel Cancer Center
St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital
Cancer Therapy and Research
Center
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University
of Virginia Cancer Center
Massey Cancer Center
The 8 NCI-designated Cancer Centers are listed alphabetically
below by state and city. Links to each Center will open another window of your browser.
Burnham Institute for Medical
Research
Purdue University Cancer
Center
The Jackson Laboratory
David H Kock Institute for Integrative
Cancer Research
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Wistar Institute Cancer
Center
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer
Institute
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer
Center
University of Kentucky
Markey Cancer Center
Stanley S. Scott
Cancer Center
Tulane Cancer Center
University of Maryland Marlene and
Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
James P. Wilmot
Cancer Center
South Carolina
Cancer Center
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Comprehensive Cancer Centers
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Basic Health Sciences Building
1824 Sixth Avenue South
237 T.I.
Birmingham, AL 35294-3300
(205) 934-5077
Patient Information: (800) 822-0933, (205) 975-8222
Clinical Trials:
(205) 934-0337
Arizona
1515 North Campbell Avenue
P.O. Box 245024
Tucson, AZ 85724-5024
(520) 626-6044
Patient Information: (520) 694-2873
Clinical Trials
13400 East Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
(800) 446-2279
Clinical Trials
California
Beckman Research Institute
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010-3000
(626) 256-4673
Patient Information: (866) 434-4673, (626) 256-4673
Clinical Trials
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0658
(858) 822-6146
Patient Information: (858) 822-6100
Clinical
Trials: (858) 822-5354
8-684 Factor Building
Box 951781
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1781
(800) 825-2631, (310) 825-5268
Patient Information: (310) 825-5268
Clinical Trials:
(888) 798-0719
1441 Eastlake Avenue MS #83
Los Angeles, CA 90033-0804
(323) 865-3000
Clinical
Trials
University of California at Irvine
Building #23 4th Floor
101 The City Drive
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 456-3592
Clinical Trials:
(877) 857-8839
1600 Divisadero Street
Box 0128, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0128
Patient Information: (800) 888-8664, (415) 885-7777
Clinical Trials:
(877)-827-3222
Colorado
P.O. Box 6510
1665 N. Ursula Street
Aurora, CO 80045
Patient Information:(800) 473-2288, (720) 848-0300
Clinical Trials:
(720) 848-0018
Connecticut
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208028
New Haven, CT 06520-8028
(866) 925-3226
Patient Information: (203) 785-4191
Clinical Trials
District of Columbia
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 444-4000
Patient Information: (202) 444-4000
Clinical Trials
Florida
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224
(904) 953-0853
Clinical Trials
University of South Florida
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612-9497
(888) 663-3488, (813) 979-3050
Patient Information: (888) 860-2778, (813) 745-3980
Illinois
Northwestern University
Galter Pavilion
675 North St. Clair, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
(866) 587-4322
Pediatric Patient Information: (800) 543-7362
Clinical
Trials
Iowa
The University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
(319) 353-8620
Patient Information: (319) 356-4200
Clinical Trials
Maryland
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building, Suite 1100
401 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 955-5222
Patient Information: (800) 507-9952, (410) 955-8964
Clinical
Trials
Massachusetts
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
(877) 420-3951, (617) 632-2100
Clinical Trials: (866) 790-4500
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1000
667 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1000
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
(800) 667-5356
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 732-5500
Patient Information: (800) 294-9999
Clinical
Trials
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 355-6000
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 726-2000
Patient Information: (877) 726-5130, (617) 726-5130Michigan
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0944
Patient Information: (800) 865-1125
Clinical Trials
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
(800) 527-6266
Patient Information: (800) 527-6266
Clinical Trials
Minnesota
425 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-8484
Patient
Information: (888) 226-2376 for residents of MN, ND, SD, IA & WI; (612) 624-2620
Clinical
Trials
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
(507) 538-3270
Clinical Trials
New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756-0001
(603) 653-9000
Patient Information: (800) 639-6918, (603) 653-9000
Clinical
Trials:
(603) 650-8644
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681
(732) 235-2465
Patient Information: (732) 235-2465
Clinical Trials in New Jersey
New York
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263-0001
(877) 275-7724
Patient Information: (716) 845-2300
Clinical Trials:
(877) 275-7724
College of Physicians and Surgeons
701 West 168th Street, Room 1509
New York, NY 10032
(212) 305-6921
Patient Information: (212) 305-9327
Clinical Trials
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
(212) 639-2000
Patient Information: (800) 525-2225
Pediatric Patient Information: (212) 639-5954
Clinical Trials
North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Medicine CB# 7295
450 West Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
(919) 966-3036
Patient Information: (866) 828-0270, (919) 966-3036
Clinical Trials:
(877) 668-0683, (919) 966-4432
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3843
Durham, NC 27710
(888) 275-3853
Clinical Trials
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Patient Information: (800) 446-2255, (336) 716-2255
Clinical
Trials
Ohio
University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University
Ireland Cancer Center
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 844-3951
Patient Information: (800) 641-2422, (216) 844-5432
Clinical
Trials: (800) 641-2422, (216) 844-5432
The Ohio State University
300 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Patient Information: (800) 293-5066, (614) 293-5066
Clinical Trials
Pennsylvania
16 Penn Tower
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient Information: (800) 789-7366
Clinical Trials
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497
(888) 369-2427, (215) 728-6900
Patient Information: (888) 369-2427, (215) 728-2570
Clinical Trials:
(888) 369-2427
5150 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-647-2811
Patient Information: (412) 692-4724
Clinical Trials
Tennessee
691 Preston Building
2220 Pierce Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232-6838
615) 936-5847
Patient Information: (800) 811-8480
Clinical Trials
Texas
The University of Texas
1515 Holcolmbe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
(800) 392-1611, (713) 792-6161
Patient Information: (877) 632-6789
Clinical Trials
Vermont
University of Vermont
213-E Given Building
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
(802) 656-4414
Patient Information: (877) 540-4673
Clinical Trials:
(802) 656-2178
Washington
1100 Fairview Avenue N.
P.O. Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
(206) 667-5000
Patient Information: (800) 804-8824, (206) 288-7222
Clinical Trials
Wisconsin
600 Highland Avenue, K5/601
Madison, WI 53792-6164
(608) 263-8600
Patient Information: (800) 622-8922
Clinical Trials
Clinical Cancer CentersCalifornia
University of California, Davis
4501 X Street
Sacramento, California 95817
Patient Referrals: (800) 362-5566, (916) 703-5210
Clinical
Trials: Adult Trials: (916) 734-3089; Pediatric Trials: (916) 734-2780
Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1236 Lauhala Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 586-3010
Clinical Trials
Illinois
5841 South Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-6180
Patient Information: (877) 824-0660
Clinical Trials
Indiana
535 Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(888) 600-4822, (317) 278-4822
Clinical
Trials: (888) 600-4822, (317) 278-4822
Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8100
St. Louis, MO 63110
(800) 600-3606, (314) 747-7222
Clinical Trials
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center
43rd and Emilie Street
Omaha, NE 68198
(402) 559-4000
Patient Information: (402) 559-6500
Clinical Trials
New York
Chanin Building
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 430-2302
Clinical
Trials: (718) 430-2302
Smilow Research Center
522 First Avenue, 12th floor
New York, NY 10016
(888) 769-8633, (212) 263-7300
Patient Information: (888) 769-8633, (212) 731-5000
Clinical
Trials
Oregon
CR145
Oregon Health Sciences University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239-3098
(800) 494-1234, (503) 494-1617
Clinical Trials:
(503) 494-1080
Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University
Bluemle Life Science Building
233 South 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(888) 955-1212
Patient Information: (800) 533-3669
Clinical
Trials
Tennessee
332 North Lauderdale Street
Memphis, TN 38105
(901) 495-3300
Clinical Trials:
(866) 278-5833
Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7771
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
(210) 450-1000
Patient Information: (210) 616-5590
Clinical Trials
Utah
University of Utah
2000 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(877) 585-0303, (801) 585-0303
Patient Information: (866) 275-0243, (801) 585-0100
Clinical
Trials: (801) 581-4477
Virginia
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800334
Charlottesville, VA 22908
(800) 223-9173, (434) 924-9333
Clinical Trials:
(434) 982-0038
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia
401 College Street
P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, VA 23298-0037
(804) 828-0450
Patient Information: (877) 462-7739
Clinical Trials
Cancer CentersCalifornia
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 646-3100
Indiana
Hansen Life Sciences Research Building
201 S. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2064
(765) 494-9129
Maine
600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609-0800
(207) 288-6000
Public Information: 207-288-6051
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
40 Ames Street, E17-110
mail: 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-6403
New York
One Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
(516) 367-8800
Pennsylvania
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4268
(215) 898-3700
Some Other Prominent Cancer CentersCalifornia
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 423-3277
Clinical Trials
Florida
University of Miami Medical School
1475 Northwest 12th Avenue, (D-1)
Miami, FL 33136
Patient Information: (800) 545-2292, (305) 243-1000
Clinical Trials
Kentucky
800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536
Patient Information: (800) 340-4488, (859) 257-4488
Clinical
Trials
Louisiana
Clinical Sciences Research Building
533 Bolivar Street, Room 459
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 568-5151
Box SL-68, 1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70122-2699
(504) 988-6060
Patient Information: (800) 588-5800, (504) 988-6300
Clinical Trials:
(504) 988-6121
Maryland
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(800) 888-8823, (410) 328-7904
Clinical Trials
New York
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704
Rochester, NY 14642
(866) 494-5668, (585) 275-5830
Patient Information: (888) 661-6162, (585) 275-2838
Clinical
Trials
South Carolina
7 Richland Medical Park Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 296-3000
Clinical Trials:
(800) 775-2287, (803) 434-3680
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