{{Short description|Cancer research institutions in the US}} thumb|upright=1.5|A map of National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 March 2025 |title=NCI-Designated Cancer Centers |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> '''NCI-designated Cancer Centers''' are a group of 74 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute.<ref name="NCI">{{cite web|url=http://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers|title=NCI-Designated Cancer Centers|website=National Cancer Institute|date=7 April 2026|access-date=21 April 2026}}</ref>
Three designations are recognized: ''Comprehensive Cancer Centers'', ''Clinical Cancer Centers'' and ''Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers''. {{As of|2026|04|07|df=mdy}}, there are 9 Clinical Cancer Centers, 57 Comprehensive Cancer Centers and 8 Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers.<ref name="NCI" /> Most are associated with a university. Receiving the NCI-designation places cancer centers among the top 4% of the approximately 1,500 cancer centers in the United States.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
In 2021, more than 411,000 new patients were enrolled in a clinical trial at an NCI-designated Cancer Center.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 June 2025 |title=Newly Registered Patients: Data Table 3 |url=https://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer-centers/benchmark-data/newly-registered-patients-dt3 |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=5 June 2025}}</ref>
==Program== === Designation process === The NIH funds cancer centers through a P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) mechanism.<ref name=PAR17/> To be eligible to apply, a cancer center must receive at least $10 million in cancer research funding annually. Preparation for these grant applications can be extensive. The most recent grant application prepared by MD Anderson Cancer Center took 24 months to prepare and ran to 2,963 pages.<ref>{{cite web|title=treat the immune system, attack the cancer|url=https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/annual-report/annual-report-2013/the-cancer-center-support-grant.html|website=MD Anderson Cancer Center|language=en}}</ref> Cancer centers must renew their status with the NIH every 5 years.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
The NCI considers the certain characteristics essential to a cancer center, and requires that applications address the institutions' resources in the areas of: Physical Space, Organizational Capabilities, Transdisciplinary Collaboration and Coordination, Cancer Focus, Institutional Commitment, Center Director.<ref name=PAR17/>
Independent or freestanding cancer centers are entities unto themselves and are not considered to be part of a larger institution or university. The center’s administration controls all space, appointments and budgets. These institutions may have university affiliations, but they remain administratively and financially distinct.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2002.07.574|title=Understanding Cancer Centers|first=Joseph V.|last=Simone|date=1 December 2002|journal=Journal of Clinical Oncology|volume=20|issue=23|pages=4503–4507|doi=10.1200/jco.2002.07.574|pmid=12454105|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The NCI also supports ''Consortium Centers'', wherein scientists and clinicians from multiple institutions enter into formal agreements to expand cancer research programs.<ref name=PAR17/> Importantly, Consortium Partners are not themselves considered NCI-designated. The NCI has strict guidelines on how Consortium Partners can refer to their relationship with their parent Consortium Center.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
===Designations=== ====Comprehensive Cancer Center==== The standards for ''Comprehensive Cancer Centers'' are the most restrictive. 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. Comprehensive cancer centers may apply for up to $1.5 million per year from the Department of Health and Human Services.<ref name=PAR17/>
These grants fund shared resources to further the goals of the National Cancer Institute. Some of these include the administration of cancer research programs, training activities, core facilities with technology shared by investigators and clinical trial management services.<ref name="PAR17">{{cite web|title=PAR-17-095: Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSGs) for NCI-designated Cancer Centers (P30)|url=https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-095.html|website=grants.nih.gov}}</ref> ====Clinical Cancer Center==== ''Clinical 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. Clinical cancer centers may apply for up to $1.4 million per year.
====Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers==== ''Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers'' conduct only laboratory research and do not provide patient treatment. Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers are more often affiliated with research institutes rather than universities. They are eligible to apply for up to $1.2 million per year.<ref name=PAR17/> == List of centers == {|class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers<ref>{{cite web |date=19 March 2025 |title=Find a Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- ! Cancer Center !! State !! City !! Designation !! Institution !! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref|Reference}} |- |'''O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Alabama ||Birmingham ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Alabama at Birmingham ||<ref>{{cite web |title=O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uabccc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center'''{{NoteTag|name=mayo|Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has facilities in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, but is counted as a single institution. It is headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota.}} ||Arizona ||Phoenix ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/mayoclinic |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Arizona Cancer Center''' ||Arizona ||Tucson ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Arizona ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Arizona Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/arizonacc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||Orange ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of California, Irvine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ucirvinechao |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||Duarte ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/beckmancityofhope |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||San Francisco ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of California, San Francisco ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ucsfhelendiller |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||Los Angeles ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of California, Los Angeles ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uclajonsson |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Moores Cancer Center''' ||California ||La Jolla ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of California, San Diego ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ucsdmoores |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Salk Institute Cancer Center''' ||California ||La Jolla ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Salk Institute Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/salk |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute''' ||California ||La Jolla ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/sanfordburnham |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Stanford Cancer Institute''' ||California ||Stanford ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Stanford University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/stanfordci |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://med.stanford.edu/cancer/about.html|title=About Us|website=Stanford Medicine Cancer Institute}}</ref> |- |'''UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||Sacramento ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of California, Davis ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ucdaviscc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||California ||Los Angeles ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Southern California ||<ref>{{cite web |title=USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center |url= https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uscnorris |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Colorado Cancer Center''' ||Colorado ||Aurora ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Colorado ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Colorado Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ucolorado |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Yale Cancer Center''' ||Connecticut ||New Haven ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Yale University School of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Yale Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/yalecc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||District of Columbia{{NoteTag|name=DC|The District of Columbia is not a state, but rather a federal district.}} ||Washington ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Georgetown University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/georgetownlombardi |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About Our NCI Designation|url=https://lombardi.georgetown.edu/about/comprehensive/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center|language=en-US}}</ref> |- |'''Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center'''{{NoteTag|name=mayo}} ||Florida ||Jacksonville ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/mayoclinic |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute''' ||Florida ||Tampa ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Moffitt Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/moffitt |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Florida ||Miami ||Clinical Cancer Center ||University of Miami Miller School of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/sylvester-miami |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Florida Health Cancer Center''' ||Florida ||Gainesville ||Clinical Cancer Center ||University of Florida ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Florida Health Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ufhealth |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Winship Cancer Institute''' ||Georgia ||Atlanta ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Emory University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Winship Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/emorywinship |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center''' ||Hawaiʻi ||Honolulu ||Clinical Cancer Center ||University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Hawai'i Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uhawaiicc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Illinois ||Chicago ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Northwestern University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/northwesternlurie |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Illinois ||Chicago ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Chicago ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uchicagoccc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Indiana ||Indianapolis ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Indiana University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/indianasimon |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Purdue Institute for Cancer Research''' ||Indiana ||West Lafayette ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Purdue University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Purdue University Institute for Cancer Research |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/purdueccr |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Iowa ||Iowa City ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Iowa ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/iowaholden |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Kansas Cancer Center''' ||Kansas ||Kansas City ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Kansas ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Kansas Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/kucc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kucancercenter.org/research/transformative-research/nci-designation|title=University of Kansas Cancer Center - NCI Designation}}</ref> |- |'''Markey Cancer Center''' ||Kentucky ||Lexington ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Kentucky ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Markey Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ukmarkey |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center''' ||Maine ||Bar Harbor ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/jacksonlab |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center'''{{NoteTag|name=Kimmel|The ''Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University'' and the ''Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health'' are both named for philanthropist Sidney Kimmel, however they have no institutional relations with each other.}} ||Maryland ||Baltimore ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Johns Hopkins University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/hopkinskimmel |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Maryland ||Baltimore ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Maryland, Baltimore ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/umdgreenebaum |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center''' ||Massachusetts ||Boston ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Harvard University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/dfharvard |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research''' ||Massachusetts ||Cambridge ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Massachusetts Institute of Technology ||<ref>{{cite web |title=David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/mitkoch |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute''' ||Michigan ||Detroit ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Wayne State University School of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/waynestatekarmanos |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Rogel Cancer Center''' ||Michigan ||Ann Arbor ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Michigan ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/umichiganccc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Masonic Cancer Center''' ||Minnesota ||Minneapolis ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Minnesota ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Masonic Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/minnesotamasonic |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center'''{{NoteTag|name=mayo}} ||Minnesota ||Rochester ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/mayoclinic |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center''' ||Missouri ||St. Louis ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/washingtonsiteman |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center''' ||Nebraska ||Omaha ||Clinical Cancer Center ||Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/nebraska |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Dartmouth Cancer Center''' ||New Hampshire ||Lebanon ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Dartmouth |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/dartmouthnorriscotton |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey''' ||New Jersey ||New Brunswick ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutgers Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/cinj |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||New Mexico ||Albuquerque ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of New Mexico ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/newmexicocrtc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center''' ||New York ||Cold Spring Harbor ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/coldspringharbor |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||New York ||New York ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Columbia University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/irvingcolumbia |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center''' ||New York ||New York ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||NYU Langone Health ||<ref>{{cite web |title= Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/nyuci |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center''' ||New York ||New York ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/memorialsloankettering |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center''' ||New York ||The Bronx ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Albert Einstein College of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/meccc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||New York ||Buffalo ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University at Buffalo ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/roswellpark |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medicine.buffalo.edu/departments/radiation-oncology/about/affiliations.html|title=Hospital and Institute Affiliation}}</ref> |- |'''Tisch Cancer Institute''' ||New York ||New York ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Tisch Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/tischmountsinai |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Wilmot Cancer Institute''' ||New York ||Rochester ||Clinical Cancer Center ||University of Rochester ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilmot Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/wilmot |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Duke Cancer Institute''' ||North Carolina ||Durham ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Duke University Medical Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Duke Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/dukeci |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||North Carolina ||Chapel Hill ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/unclineberger |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||North Carolina ||Winston-Salem ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Wake Forest University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/wakeforest |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Case Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Ohio ||Cleveland ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, and Case Western Reserve University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Case Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/casewestern |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute''' ||Ohio ||Columbus ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Ohio State University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/osujames |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Stephenson Cancer Center''' ||Oklahoma ||Oklahoma City ||Clinical Cancer Center ||The University of Oklahoma ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephenson Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/stephenson |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Knight Cancer Institute''' ||Oregon ||Portland ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Oregon Health and Science University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=OHSU Knight Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/ohsuknight |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Abramson Cancer Center''' ||Pennsylvania ||Philadelphia ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Pennsylvania ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Abramson Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/upennabramson |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Fox Chase Cancer Center''' ||Pennsylvania ||Philadelphia ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Temple University Health System ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Chase Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/foxchase |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center'''{{NoteTag|name=Kimmel}} ||Pennsylvania ||Philadelphia ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Thomas Jefferson University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/jeffersonkimmel |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''UPMC Hillman Cancer Center''' ||Pennsylvania ||Pittsburgh ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/upci |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Wistar Institute Cancer Center''' ||Pennsylvania ||Philadelphia ||Basic Laboratory Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/wistar |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Hollings Cancer Center''' ||South Carolina ||Charleston ||Clinical Cancer Center ||Medical University of South Carolina ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollings Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/muschollings |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''St. Jude Children's Research Hospital''' ||Tennessee ||Memphis ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Independent ||<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/stjude |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center''' ||Tennessee ||Nashville ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Vanderbilt University Medical Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/vanderbiltingram |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Texas ||Houston ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Baylor College of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/baylorduncan |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Texas ||Dallas ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/utswsimmons |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio''' ||Texas ||San Antonio ||Clinical Cancer Center ||University of Texas Health Science Center ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/utsanantonio |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center''' ||Texas ||Houston ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Texas ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/mdanderson |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Huntsman Cancer Institute''' ||Utah ||Salt Lake City ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Utah ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Huntsman Cancer Institute |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/utahhuntsman |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center''' ||Virginia ||Richmond ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Virginia Commonwealth University ||<ref>{{cite web |title=VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/vcumassey |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Virginia Cancer Center''' ||Virginia ||Charlottesville ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Virginia School of Medicine ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Virginia Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uvacc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington/Seattle Children's Cancer Consortium''' ||Washington ||Seattle ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Hutch / University of Washington / Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/fredhutchcrc |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center''' ||Wisconsin ||Madison ||Comprehensive Cancer Center ||University of Wisconsin–Madison ||<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center |url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/uwcarbone |website=National Cancer Institute |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Cancer Center at Illinois''' |Illinois |Champaign-Urbana |Basic Laboratory Cancer Center |University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cancer Center at Illinois Earns Prestigious National Cancer Institute Designation {{!}} Cancer Center at Illinois |url=https://cancer.illinois.edu/nci-designation/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |}
==See also== *{{annotated link|List of cancer hospitals}} *{{annotated link|National Cancer Institute}} *{{annotated link|National Comprehensive Cancer Network}} *{{annotated link|Oncology}}
==References== {{reflist|group=note}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers/find Find an NCI-designated Cancer Center]
National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center Cancer Center