NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of approximately 66 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 institutions in the United States

United States

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

 supported by the 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...

.

Two designations are recognized: Comprehensive Cancer Centers and Cancer Centers. As of 2011, there are 44 Comprehensive Cancer Centers and 22 designated Cancer Centers. Receiving the NCI-designation places cancer centers among the top 4 percent of the approximately 1500 cancer centers in the United States.

The standards for Comprehensive Cancer Centers are the more restrictive of the two types. These facilities must demonstrate expertise in each of three areas: laboratory, clinical, and behavioral and population-based research. Comprehensive Cancer Centers are expected to initiate and conduct early phase, innovative clinical trials and to participate in the NCI's cooperative groups by providing leadership and recruiting patients for trials. Comprehensive Cancer Centers must also conduct activities in outreach and education, and provide information on advances in healthcare for both healthcare professionals and the public.

Cancer Centers generally conduct a combination of basic, population sciences, and clinical research, and are encouraged to stimulate collaborative research involving more than one field of study. Several of these centers conduct only laboratory research and do not provide patient care.

Comprehensive cancer centers

• Alabama: University of Alabama at Birmingham
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
  
   Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Arizona:
  • Arizona Cancer Center at the University of Arizona
    University of Arizona
    The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
    
     (Tucson, AZ)
  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center—Scottsdale

• California:
  • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, Irvine
    University of California, Irvine
    The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
    
     (Orange, CA)
  • 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...
    
     (Duarte, CA)
  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
    University of California, Los Angeles
    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
    
     (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Rebecca and John Moores University of California, San Diego
    University of California, San Diego
    The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
    
     Cancer Center
  • University of California, San Francisco
    University of California, San Francisco
    The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
    
     Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital (Los Angeles, CA)

• Colorado: University of Colorado Cancer Center (Aurora, CO)

• Connecticut: 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...
  
   (New Haven, CT)

• District of Columbia: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University
  Georgetown University
  Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
  
   (Washington, DC)

• Florida:
  • 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
    University of South Florida
    The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
    
     (Tampa, FL)
  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center—Jacksonville

• Illinois:
  • The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at 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....
    
     (Chicago, IL)
  • 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...
    
     (Chicago, IL)

• Iowa: The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The 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...
  
   (Iowa City, IA)

• Maryland: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
  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...
  
   (Baltimore, MD)

• Massachusetts: Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
  Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
  The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center is the largest National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the nation. Founded in 1998, DF/HCC is an inter-institutional research enterprise that unites all of the cancer research efforts of the Harvard affiliated community...
  
   (Boston, MA)

• Michigan:
  • 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...
    
     (Detroit, MI)
  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Ann Arbor, MI)

• 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 (Rochester, MN)
  • The Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota
    The Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota
    The University of Minnesota Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Cancer Center membership brings together more than 400 professionals from a variety of disciplines, representing nine university colleges and schools and eight area hospitals and clinics...
    
     (Minneapolis, MN)

• Missouri: Siteman Cancer Center of the 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...
  
   and Washington University School of Medicine
  Washington University School of Medicine
  Washington University School of Medicine , located in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the graduate schools of Washington University in St. Louis. One of the top medical schools in the United States, it is currently ranked 4th for research according to U.S. News and World Report and has been listed...
  
   (St. Louis, MO)

• 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....
  
   of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is New Hampshire's only academic medical center and is headquartered on a campus in the heart of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, in Lebanon, New Hampshire....
  
   (Lebanon, NH)

• 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....
  
   (New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
  New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
  
  )

• New York:
  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
    Columbia University Medical Center
    Columbia University Medical Center is an academic medical center that includes Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health...
    
     (New York, NY)
  • 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...
    
     (New York, NY)
  • 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...
    
     (Buffalo, NY)

• 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...
    
     (Winston-Salem, NC)
  • Duke
    Duke University
    Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
    
     Cancer Institute(Durham, NC)
  • UNC
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
    
     Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC)

• Ohio:
  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
    
    ; Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center; Taussig Cancer Institute, 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...
    
    ) (Cleveland, OH)
  • The Ohio State University
    Ohio State University
    The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
    
     Comprehensive Cancer Center (The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute) (Columbus, OH)

• 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...
    
     (Philadelphia, PA)
  • 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...
    
     (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...
    
     (Pittsburgh, PA)

• Tennessee: The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center of Vanderbilt University
  Vanderbilt University
  Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
  
   (Nashville, TN)

• Texas:
  • The 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...
    
     Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (Dallas, TX)
  • The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)

• Vermont: Vermont Cancer Center of 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...
  
   (Burlington, VT)

• 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...
  
   (Seattle, WA)

• Wisconsin: UW Carbone 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,...
  
   (Madison, WI)

Cancer centers

This list includes facilities that are strictly laboratories and do not provide patient services, marked as "laboratory only"

• California
  • The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, CA) - laboratory only
  • UC Davis
    UC Davis Medical Center
    UC Davis Medical Center is a private, major academic health center located in Sacramento, California.The 645-bed hospital serves as key referral center for a area that includes 33 counties and 6 million residents...
    
     Cancer Center (Sacramento, CA)
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a premier independent, non-profit, scientific research institute located in La Jolla, California. It was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine; among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. Building...
    
     (La Jolla, CA) - laboratory only
  • The Stanford Cancer Center (Stanford, CA)
• Georgia:
  • Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
• Hawaii: Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI)
• Indiana:
  • Indiana University Cancer Center (Indianapolis, IN)
  • Purdue
    Purdue University
    Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
    
     Cancer Center (West Lafayette, IN) - laboratory only
• Maine:
  • Jackson Laboratory
    Jackson Laboratory
    The Jackson Laboratory was founded in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1929 by former University of Maine and University of Michigan president C. C. Little under the name Roscoe B...
    
     (Bar Harbor, ME) - laboratory only
• Maryland:
  • 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...
    
     (Baltimore, MD)
• Massachusetts:
  • MIT Center for Cancer Research (Cambridge, MA) - laboratory only
• Nebraska:
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    The University of Nebraska Medical Center is a public academic health sciences center located on 42nd and Emile Streets in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. UNMC is the only public academic health science center in Nebraska.-Academics and rankings:...
    
     Eppley Cancer Center (Omaha, NE)
• New York:
  • Albert Einstein
    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...
    
     Cancer Center (Bronx, NY)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. The Laboratory has a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences. It...
    
     (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) - laboratory only
  • New York University
    New York University
    New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
    
     (NYU) Cancer Institute (New York, NY)
• Oregon:
  • The Knight Cancer Institute (Portland, OR)
• Pennsylvania:
  • Kimmel Cancer Center of 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...
    
     (Philadelphia, PA)
  • 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...
    
     (Philadelphia, PA) - laboratory only

• South Carolina:
  • 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...
    
     Hollings Cancer Center
• 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...
    
     (Memphis, TN)

• Texas:
  • San Antonio Cancer Institute of 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....
    
      and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is an institute of health science education and research, located in the South Texas Medical 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...
    
     of the University of Utah
    University of Utah
    The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
    
     (Salt Lake City, UT)

• Virginia:
  • Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
    
     (Richmond, VA)
  • The Cancer Center at The University of Virginia
    University of Virginia
    The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
    
     (Charlottesville, VA)

Cancer Centers in Germany

The US-system of NCI-designated Cancer Centers is successful adopted by the German Cancer Aid

German Cancer Aid

The German Cancer Aid is a not-for-profit organization to fight cancer in all its forms. The institution was founded on September 25, 1974 by Dr. Mildred Scheel . She was the wife of Walter Scheel, the Federal President of Germany from 1974 to 1979....

 in Europe, founded by the late German First Lady Mildred Scheel

Mildred Scheel

Mildred Scheel was a German physician, the second wife of the German President of the Federal Republic Walter Scheel and the founder of the German Cancer Aid. As the First Lady , she immediately established this Non-profit organization to fight all kinds of cancer...

. The daughter of an US-American mother supported from the very beginning the German-American cooperation in fighting cancer. The Federal Minister of Health (Germany), Philipp Rösler

Philipp Rösler

Philipp Rösler is a German politician, who, since 2011, has been the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology and the Vice Chancellor of Germany...

 (FDP), opened on 2nd November 2010 in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

 the largest German NCI (Nationales Centrum Tumorerkrankungen). The cost of the new building of 29 million euro are financed with private donation

Donation

A donation is a gift given by physical or legal persons, typically for charitable purposes and/or to benefit a cause. A donation may take various forms, including cash, services, new or used goods including clothing, toys, food, and vehicles...

from the people to the German Cancer Aid. This organization is financing more than ten such Cancer Centers.

External links

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