The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) is a membership association of 95 academic and freestanding cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

 research centers in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. AACI's membership roster consists of National Cancer Institute

National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...

 (NCI)-designated centers and academic-based cancer research programs that receive National Institute of Health (NIH) and NCI support.

The association is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. AACI cancer centers serve as the headquarters for most of the NCI sponsored clinical trials.

In addition to providing their local populations ready access to a wide array of cancer specialists—multidisciplinary experts in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cancer care—AACI cancer centers have developed partnerships with local community and state health agencies to design and implement programs aimed at reducing the overall cancer burden of the region.

AACI members

Alabama

• UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Arizona

• Arizona Cancer Center, The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Arkansas

• Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is part of the University of Arkansas System, a state-run university in the U.S. state of Arkansas...
  
  

California

• City of Hope National Medical Center
  City of Hope National Medical Center
  City of Hope National Medical Center, is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, United States...
  
   and Beckman Research Institute
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
• Loma Linda University
  Loma Linda University Medical Center
  Loma Linda University Medical Center is a teaching hospital on the campus of Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, United States. The medical center serves as a level I trauma center for San Bernardino County and the rest of the Inland Empire. It is one of two closest trauma centers for...
  
   Cancer Center
• Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
• Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Stanford University Medical Center
  Stanford University Medical Center represents the Stanford Hospital and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and is located at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California. Stanford Hospital provides both general acute care services and tertiary medical care for patients locally, nationally and...
  
  
• UC Davis Cancer Center, The University of California, Davis Medical Center
• UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Irvine
• UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
• USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
  USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
  The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is a leader in cancer research, with nearly 200 members investigating the complex origins and progression of cancer, developing prevention strategies and searching for cures...
  
  

Colorado

• University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Denver
  University of Colorado Denver
  The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...
  
  

Connecticut

• The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center
  University of Connecticut Health Center
  The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the , School of Dental Medicine, , the UConn Medical Group, UConn Health Partners and . Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and...
  
  
• Yale Cancer Center
  Yale Cancer Center
  Yale Cancer Center was founded in 1974 as a result of an act of Congress in 1971, which declared the nation's "war on cancer." It is one of a select network of 41 NCI-designated Cancer Centers throughout the country, designated by the National Cancer Institute , and the only one in southern New...
  
  , Yale University School of Medicine

District of Columbia

• The George Washington University Cancer Institute
• Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University
• United States Military Cancer Institute, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences
  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a health science university run by the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad in the medical corps....
  
  

Florida

• University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
• Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute opened on October 26, 1986, on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. The current President/CEO is Dr. William S...
  
   at the University of South Florida

Georgia

• Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center

Hawaii

• Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
  
  

Illinois

• Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center of Loyola University Health System
  Stritch School of Medicine
  Stritch School of Medicine is the medical school affiliated with Loyola University Chicago. It is located at the heart of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. The medical campus includes Foster G...
  
  
• The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
  Northwestern University
  Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
  
  
• SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University
  Southern Illinois University
  Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
  
  
• University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
  University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
  The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center is a collaborative research program based in Hyde Park, Chicago, USA. The UCCCC cancer research program involves about 225 scientists and physician researchers at or affiliated with the University of Chicago.-History:The UCCCC was originally...
  
  
• University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center

Indiana

• Indiana University Cancer Center
• Purdue Cancer Center

Iowa

• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa
  University of Iowa
  The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
  
  

Kansas

• University of Kansas Cancer Center

Kentucky

• James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville Health Care
• Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky
  University of Kentucky
  The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  

Louisiana

• Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport
  Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
  Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport is the academic center for medicine and medical research in North Louisiana. It is located in Shreveport and is part of the Louisiana State University System. The medical school opened in 1969. One of its founders was Dr. Joe E...
  
  
• Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium of New Orleans

  Consortium Members:

  • Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
  • Tulane
    Tulane University School of Medicine
    The Tulane University School of Medicine is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and is a part of Tulane University. The school is located in the Medical District of the New Orleans Central Business District.-History:...
    
     Cancer Center

Maryland

• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
  Johns Hopkins University
  The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
  
  
• University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
  University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center
  The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center located in Baltimore, Maryland.- Quick Facts :* 2,500 Admissions* 45,000 Outpatient visits* 125 Clinical trials...
  
  

Massachusetts

• Boston University Cancer Research Center
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is part of a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute. It is a major affiliate of Harvard Medical School and is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.-Overview:...
  
  , Harvard Medical School
• Tufts-NEMC Cancer Center

Michigan

• University of Michigan
  University of Michigan Health System
  The University of Michigan Health System is the wholly owned academic medical center of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. UMHS includes the U-M Medical School, with its Faculty Group Practice and many research laboratories; the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, which includes University...
  
   Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
  The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is located in Detroit, Michigan. It is one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. The Institute is composed of approximately 1,000 staff members, including 300 doctors many of whom are accademic leaders...
  
  , Wayne State University
• The Van Andel Research Institute

Minnesota

• Masonic Cancer Center University of Minnesota
• Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice and medical research group specializing in treating difficult patients . Patients are referred to Mayo Clinic from across the U.S. and the world, and it is known for innovative and effective treatments. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the top of...
  
   Cancer Center

Missouri

• The Siteman Cancer Center of Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the adult teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine, and is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is consistently rated one of the top hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report...
  
   at Washington University School of Medicine

Nebraska

• UNMC Eppley Cancer Center

Nevada

• Nevada Cancer Institute
  Nevada Cancer Institute
  Nevada Cancer Institute , founded in 2002, has been the official cancer institute for the state of Nevada since 2003. The NVCI is a non-profit organization, composed of a team of researchers and physicians who aim to advance knowledge about cancer while providing medical services throughout Nevada...
  
  

New Hampshire

• Norris Cotton Cancer Center
  Norris Cotton Cancer Center
  Norris Cotton Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer center as designated by the National Cancer Institute, with administrative offices located within the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire....
  
  , Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

New Jersey

• The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is a cancer treatment and research institution in New Brunswick, New Jersey. CINJ is one of only 41 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute and the only one in New Jersey....
  
  , Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Mexico

• University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center

New York

• Comprehensive Cancer Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a not-for-profit, private, nonsectarian medical school located on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the borough of the Bronx of New York City...
  
  * Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University
• James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center
  University of Rochester Medical Center
  The University of Rochester Medical Center , located in Rochester, New York, is one of the main campuses of the University of Rochester and comprises the university's primary medical education, research and patient care facilities....
  
  
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...
  
  
• NYU Cancer Institute
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, it was the first dedicated medical facility for cancer treatment and research in the United States. The facility is involved in drug...
  
  
• Stony Brook University Cancer Center, State University of New York
• Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center

North Carolina

• Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
  Wake Forest University
  Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
  
  
• Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
  UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
  UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is a matrix cancer center at one of the United States’ premier public universities. The center achieved National Cancer Institute designation in 1975 and became a comprehensive center in 1990. Now under the direction of Dr...
  
   School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill

Ohio

• The Barrett Cancer Center, University of Cincinnati
  University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
  The University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center is a healthcare center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a major source of education, medical care, and research in Greater Cincinnati and has a distinguished reputation for training prominent health care professionals and providing leading-edge research...
  
  
• Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals, Ireland Cancer Center
• Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland Clinic
  The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Cleveland Clinic is currently regarded as one of the top 4 hospitals in the United States as rated by U.S. News & World Report...
  
   Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center- James Cancer Hospital
  James Cancer Hospital
  The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is part of The Ohio State University and one of the twenty-one National Comprehensive Cancer hospitals...
  
   & Solove Research Institute

Oregon

• Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University

Pennsylvania

• Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
  University of Pennsylvania
  The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
  
  
• Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Fox Chase Cancer Center
  The Fox Chase Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center research facility and hospital located in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The main facilities of the center are located on property adjoining Burholme Park...
  
  
• Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson University
  Thomas Jefferson University
  Thomas Jefferson University is a private health sciences university in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The university consists of six constituent colleges and schools, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, Jefferson School of Health...
  
  
• Penn State Cancer Institute
  Penn State Cancer Institute
  The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute is a cancer research center of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Institute provides clinical care, research, education and community outreach services throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania...
  
  
• The Wistar Institute
  Wistar Institute
  The Wistar Institute is a biomedical center, with a focus on cancer research and vaccine development. It is located in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pa...
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute/UPMC Cancer Centers
  University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
  The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is a National Cancer Institute -designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located in the Hillman Cancer Center in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States...
  
  

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico
  University of Puerto Rico
  The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...
  
  

South Carolina

• Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina
  Medical University of South Carolina
  The Medical University of South Carolina opened in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824 as a small private college for the training of physicians. It is one of the oldest continually operating school of medicine in the United States and the oldest in the Deep South...
  
  

Tennessee

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501 tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.In...
  
  
• Vanderbilt
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  The Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a collection of several hospitals and clinics, as well as the schools of medicine and nursing associated with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.It comprises the following units:...
  
  -Ingram Cancer Center

Texas

• The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
• Cancer Therapy & Research Center
  Cancer Therapy & Research Center
  Cancer Therapy & Research Center , founded in 1974, is one of three leading academic research and treatment centers designated by the National Cancer Institute in Texas....
  
   the University of Texas Health Sciences
• Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the teaching hospital, and biomedical research...
  
   at Dallas
• The University of Texas Medical Branch
  University of Texas Medical Branch
  The University of Texas Medical Branch is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, United States, about 50 miles southeast of Downtown Houston...
  
   at Galveston
• The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Utah

• Huntsman Cancer Institute
  Huntsman Cancer Institute
  Huntsman Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in the Intermountain West. This title ensures patients benefit from the...
  
  , University of Utah

Vermont

• Vermont Cancer Center at the University of Vermont
  University of Vermont
  The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
  
  

Virginia

• Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia Campus
• University of Virginia
  University of Virginia School of Medicine
  The University of Virginia School of Medicine is a medical school located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The tenth medical school to open in the United States, it has been part of the University of Virginia since the University's establishment in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson...
  
   Cancer Center

Washington

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is one of the world’s leading cancer research institutes...
  
  

West Virginia

• Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University
  West Virginia University Hospitals
  West Virginia University Hospitals is a not-for-profit corporation operating the teaching hospitals of West Virginia University.The hospitals include Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Children’s Hospital, the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center and Chestnut Ridge Center...
  
  

Wisconsin

• Medical College of Wisconsin
  Medical College of Wisconsin
  Medical College of Wisconsin is a private, freestanding medical school and graduate school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was formerly affiliated with Marquette University....
  
   Cancer Center
• Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
  UW Carbone Cancer Center
  The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center is a cancer center located in Madison, Wisconsin. A part of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, it has been designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. The center conducts research, provides treatment,...
  
  , University of Wisconsin