NCI-designated Cancer Center

A map of National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers.

NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of 73 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute. ^[2]

Three designations are recognized: Comprehensive Cancer Centers, Clinical Cancer Centers and Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers. As of March 19,2025 ^[update] , there are 9 Clinical Cancer Centers, 57 Comprehensive Cancer Centers and 7 Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers. ^[2] 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 ]}

In 2021, more than 411,000 new patients were enrolled in a clinical trial at an NCI-designated Cancer Center. ^[3]

Program

Designation process

The NIH funds cancer centers through a P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) mechanism. ^[4] 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. ^[5] Cancer centers must renew their status with the NIH every 5 years.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[6]

The NCI also supports Consortium Centers, wherein scientists and clinicians from multiple institutions enter into formal agreements to expand cancer research programs. ^[4] 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 ]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[4]

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. ^[4]

List of centers

List of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers ^[7]

Cancer Center	State	City	Designation	Institution	Ref
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center	Alabama	Birmingham	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Alabama at Birmingham	[8]
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center [note 1]	Arizona	Phoenix	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[9]
University of Arizona Cancer Center	Arizona	Tucson	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Arizona	[10]
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	Orange	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of California, Irvine	[11]
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	Duarte	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[12]
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	San Francisco	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of California, San Francisco	[13]
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	Los Angeles	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of California, Los Angeles	[14]
Moores Cancer Center	California	La Jolla	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of California, San Diego	[15]
Salk Institute Cancer Center	California	La Jolla	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Independent	[16]
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	California	La Jolla	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Independent	[17]
Stanford Cancer Institute	California	Stanford	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Stanford University	[18] [19]
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	Sacramento	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of California, Davis	[20]
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center	California	Los Angeles	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Southern California	[21]
University of Colorado Cancer Center	Colorado	Aurora	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Colorado	[22]
Yale Cancer Center	Connecticut	New Haven	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Yale University School of Medicine	[23]
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center	District of Columbia [note 2]	Washington	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Georgetown University	[24] [25]
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center [note 1]	Florida	Jacksonville	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[26]
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute	Florida	Tampa	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[27]
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center	Florida	Miami	Clinical Cancer Center	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	[28]
University of Florida Health Cancer Center	Florida	Gainesville	Clinical Cancer Center	University of Florida	[29]
Winship Cancer Institute	Georgia	Atlanta	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Emory University	[30]
University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center	Hawaiʻi	Honolulu	Clinical Cancer Center	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	[31]
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center	Illinois	Chicago	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Northwestern University	[32]
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center	Illinois	Chicago	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Chicago	[33]
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center	Indiana	Indianapolis	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Indiana University	[34]
Purdue Institute for Cancer Research	Indiana	West Lafayette	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Purdue University	[35]
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center	Iowa	Iowa City	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Iowa	[36]
University of Kansas Cancer Center	Kansas	Kansas City	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Kansas	[37] [38]
Markey Cancer Center	Kentucky	Lexington	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Kentucky	[39]
Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center	Maine	Bar Harbor	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Independent	[40]
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center [note 3]	Maryland	Baltimore	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Johns Hopkins University	[41]
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center	Maryland	Baltimore	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Maryland, Baltimore	[42]
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center	Massachusetts	Boston	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Harvard University	[43]
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research	Massachusetts	Cambridge	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	[44]
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Michigan	Detroit	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Wayne State University School of Medicine	[45]
Rogel Cancer Center	Michigan	Ann Arbor	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Michigan	[46]
Masonic Cancer Center	Minnesota	Minneapolis	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Minnesota	[47]
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center [note 1]	Minnesota	Rochester	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[48]
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center	Missouri	St. Louis	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital	[49]
Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center	Nebraska	Omaha	Clinical Cancer Center	Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center	[50]
Dartmouth Cancer Center	New Hampshire	Lebanon	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College	[51]
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Brunswick	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences	[52]
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center	New Mexico	Albuquerque	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of New Mexico	[53]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center	New York	Cold Spring Harbor	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Independent	[54]
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	New York	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Columbia University	[55]
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center	New York	New York	Comprehensive Cancer Center	NYU Langone Health	[56]
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Independent	[57]
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center	New York	The Bronx	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	[58]
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	Buffalo	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University at Buffalo	[59] [60]
Tisch Cancer Institute	New York	New York	Clinical Cancer Center	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	[61]
Wilmot Cancer Institute	New York	Rochester	Clinical Cancer Center	University of Rochester	[62]
Duke Cancer Institute	North Carolina	Durham	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Duke University Medical Center	[63]
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center	North Carolina	Chapel Hill	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	[64]
Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center	North Carolina	Winston-Salem	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Wake Forest University	[65]
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center	Ohio	Cleveland	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Case Western Reserve University	[66]
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	[67]
Stephenson Cancer Center	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Clinical Cancer Center	The University of Oklahoma	[68]
Knight Cancer Institute	Oregon	Portland	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Oregon Health and Science University	[69]
Abramson Cancer Center	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Pennsylvania	[70]
Fox Chase Cancer Center	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Temple University Health System	[71]
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center [note 3]	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Thomas Jefferson University	[72]
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	[73]
Wistar Institute Cancer Center	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Basic Laboratory Cancer Center	Independent	[74]
Hollings Cancer Center	South Carolina	Charleston	Clinical Cancer Center	Medical University of South Carolina	[75]
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Tennessee	Memphis	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Indpendent	[76]
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Tennessee	Nashville	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	[77]
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center	Texas	Houston	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Baylor College of Medicine	[78]
Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center	Texas	Dallas	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	[79]
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio	Texas	San Antonio	Clinical Cancer Center	University of Texas Health Science Center	[80]
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Texas	Houston	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Texas	[81]
Huntsman Cancer Institute	Utah	Salt Lake City	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Utah	[82]
Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center	Virginia	Richmond	Comprehensive Cancer Center	Virginia Commonwealth University	[83]
University of Virginia Cancer Center	Virginia	Charlottesville	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Virginia School of Medicine	[84]
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	[85]
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center	Wisconsin	Madison	Comprehensive Cancer Center	University of Wisconsin–Madison	[86]

See also

• List of cancer hospitals
• National Cancer Institute  – U.S. health institute
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network  – Non-profit organization in the U.S.
• Oncology  – Branch of medicine dealing with, or specializing in, cancer

References

1. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has facilities in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, but is counted as a single institution. It is headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota.
2. The District of Columbia is not a state, but rather a federal district.
3. 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.

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12. "City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
13. "UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
14. "UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
15. "Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
16. "Salk Institute Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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21. "USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
22. "University of Colorado Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
23. "Yale Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
24. "Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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26. "Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
27. "Moffitt Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
28. "Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
29. "University of Florida Health Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
30. "Winship Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
31. "University of Hawai'i Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
32. "Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
33. "The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
34. "Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
35. "Purdue University Institute for Cancer Research". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
36. "Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
37. "The University of Kansas Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
38. "University of Kansas Cancer Center - NCI Designation".
39. "Markey Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
40. "The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
41. "Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
42. "University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
43. "Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC)". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
44. "David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
45. "The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
46. "University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
47. "Masonic Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
48. "Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
49. "Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
50. "Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
51. "Dartmouth". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
52. "Rutgers Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
53. "University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
54. "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
55. "Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
56. "Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
57. "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
58. "Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
59. "Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
60. "Hospital and Institute Affiliation".
61. "Tisch Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
62. "Wilmot Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
63. "Duke Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
64. "UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
65. "Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
66. "Case Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
67. "The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
68. "Stephenson Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
69. "OHSU Knight Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
70. "Abramson Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
71. "Fox Chase Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
72. "Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
73. "UPMC Hillman Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
74. "Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center of The Wistar Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
75. "Hollings Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
76. "St. Jude Children's Research Hospital". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
77. "Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
78. "Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
79. "Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
80. "Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
81. "The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
82. "Huntsman Cancer Institute". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
83. "VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
84. "University of Virginia Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
85. "Fred Hutch / University of Washington / Seattle Children's Cancer Consortium". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
86. "University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

External links

• Find an NCI-designated Cancer Center