Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

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The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (MCCC) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer Center and a division of the Mayo Clinic. The MCCC has 3 locations in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota. [1] [2]

The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of the oldest NCI-designated cancer centers in the United States, having first been designated in 1973. [3] The main location of the Mayo Clinic is in Rochester, MN. Campuses in Arizona and Florida opened later and became part of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in 2003. [4] [5]

Mayo receives more than $100 million in research funding annually. [6] It is one of the Lead Academic Participating Sites in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network.

Mayo has 10 research divisions that faculty members are a part of. Most of these programs are further divided into specific focus areas. [7] [8]

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