Major Cancer Centers
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has designated 37 cancer centers throughout the United States as "Comprehensive" centers. These elite centers have been recognized for their focus on scientific excellence and have dedicated themselves to the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer.Following is a list of Cancer Centers by state, and links to these facilities.
Alabama
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL
| Patient Information: | 1-800-UAB-0933 or (205) 975-8222 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (205) 934-0337 - Alma Del Grosso |
Arizona
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ
| Patient Information: | 1-800-622-COPE |
California
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
| Patient Information: | 1-800-826-HOPE or (626) 359-8111 |
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
| Patient Information: | (310) 825-5268 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | 1-888-798-0719 - Lorena Iniguez |
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA
| Patient Information: | 1-800-USC-CARE |
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center/UC Irvine, Orange, CA
| Patient Information: | (714) 456-8200 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (714) 456-8483 |
UCSF Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
| Patient Information: | 1-800-888-8664 or (415) 476-2201 |
Colorado
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO
| Patient/Clinical Trial Information | 1-800-473-2288 |
Connecticut
Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT
| Patient Information: | (203) 785-4095 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (203) 785-5702 |
District of Columbia
Lombardi Cancer Research Center/Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
| Patient Information: | (202) 784-4000 |
Illinois
Cancer Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
| Patient Information: | 1-888-824-0200 or (773) 702-9200 |
Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
| Patient Information: | (312) 908-5250 |
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD
| Patient Information: | 1-800-507-9952 or (410) 955-8964 |
Massachusetts
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA
| Patient/Clinical Trial Information: | 1-800-320-0022 or (617) 632-3000 |
Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
| Patient Information: | 1-800-865-1125 |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
| Patient Information: | 1-800-KARMANOS |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (313) 993-2514 - Lynn Bentz, RN |
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN
| Patient Information: | 1-888-226-2376 (for residents of MN, ND, SD, IA and WI) or (612) 624-8484 |
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN
| Patient Information: | (507) 284-2111 |
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton Cancer Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
| Patient Information: | 1-800-639-6918 or (603) 650-6300 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (603) 650-7609 |
New York
Cancer Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
| Patient Information: | 1-800-ROSWELL |
Kaplan Cancer Center, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
| Patient/Clinical Trial Information: | (212) 263-6485 |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
| Patient Information: | 1-800-525-2225 |
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
| Patient Information: | (212) 305-9327 |
North Carolina
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC
| Patient Information: | (919) 966-3036 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (919) 966-4432 |
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC
| Patient Information: | 1-888-ASK-DUKE or (919) 416-DUKE |
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
| Patient Information: | 1-800-446-2255 or (336) 716-2255 |
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
| Patient Information: | (216) 844-8797 |
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute/Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
| Patient Information: | 1-800-293-5066 |
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
| Patient Information: | 1-800-879-PENN |
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
| Patient Information: | 1-888-FOX CHASE |
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
| Patient Information: | 1-800-237-4PCI |
Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
| Patient Information: | 1-800-392-1611 or (713) 792-6161 |
San Antonio Cancer Institute, San Antonio, TX
| Patient Information: | (210) 616-5590 |
| Clinical Trial Information: | (210) 616-5798 - Stephanie Hodges, RN |
Vermont
Vermont Cancer Center/University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
| Patient Information: | (802) 656-4414 |
Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
| Patient Information: | (206) 667-5000 |
Wisconsin
Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
| Patient Information: | 1-800-622-8922 or (608) 262-5223 |
