Find an NCI-Designated Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute designates a specific set of cancer centers for their research excellence. This page maps that federal list as-is — it is a designation, not a Cancer Explained endorsement, and it is not a ranking of “best” cancer care.
Source: NCI Cancer Centers Program (as of 2026-09-21). Map pins are placed at the city level, not the exact building address — use the institution’s own site for driving directions.
AL
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Birmingham, AL
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
AZ
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, AZ
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Phoenix)
Phoenix, AZ
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
CA
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Orange, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Salk Institute Cancer Center
La Jolla, CA
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
La Jolla, CA
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center (UC San Diego)
La Jolla, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
CO
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Aurora, CO
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
CT
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, CT
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
DC
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
FL
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Jacksonville)
Jacksonville, FL
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, FL
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
Gainesville, FL
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
GA
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
HI
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center
Honolulu, HI
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
IA
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Iowa City, IA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
IL
Cancer Center at Illinois
Urbana, IL
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chicago, IL
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
IN
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Indianapolis, IN
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Purdue University Institute for Cancer Research
West Lafayette, IN
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
KS
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Kansas City, KS
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
KY
Markey Cancer Center (University of Kentucky)
Lexington, KY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
MA
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Cambridge, MA
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
MD
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, MD
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
ME
The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center
Bar Harbor, ME
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
MI
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
MN
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Rochester)
Rochester, MN
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
MO
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
St. Louis, MO
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
NC
Duke Cancer Institute
Durham, NC
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
NE
Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Omaha, NE
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
NH
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon, NH
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
NJ
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
NM
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Albuquerque, NM
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
NY
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Bronx, NY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (Columbia)
New York, NY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute
New York, NY
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
Wilmot Cancer Institute (University of Rochester)
Rochester, NY
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
OH
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, OH
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — James
Columbus, OH
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
OK
Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
OR
Knight Cancer Institute (OHSU)
Portland, OR
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
PA
Abramson Cancer Center (University of Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia, PA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Basic Laboratory Cancer Center
NCI-designated for laboratory cancer research. These institutes generally do not provide direct patient care.
SC
Hollings Cancer Center (MUSC)
Charleston, SC
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
TN
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, TN
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
TX
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Baylor College of Medicine)
Houston, TX
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (UT Southwestern)
Dallas, TX
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Clinical Cancer Center
NCI-designated for strong clinical and laboratory cancer research, with patient care on site.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
UT
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
VA
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Richmond, VA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Charlottesville, VA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
WA
Fred Hutchinson / University of Washington / Seattle Children's Cancer Consortium
Seattle, WA
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
WI
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, WI
Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCI's highest designation: research spanning laboratory, clinical, and population science, plus patient care.
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