# University of Arizona Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

The University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson has been an NCI comprehensive centre since 1990; it built its reputation on skin cancer chemoprevention trials and on colorectal and prostate prevention studies, and it now runs a phase 1 programme and border-health research for a catchment with large Hispanic and Native American populations.

## Summary

NCI-designated since 1978 and comprehensive since 1990, the University of Arizona Cancer Center serves a Southwestern catchment with large Hispanic and Native American populations. It built its reputation on cancer prevention science, notably skin cancer chemoprevention trials led from Tucson, and on colorectal and prostate prevention studies. It runs a phase 1 programme, a Skin Cancer Institute and population-science programmes on border health. Clinical care is delivered with Banner Health in Tucson and Phoenix.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: UACC; Arizona Cancer Center
- City: Tucson, AZ, US
- Type: cancer-center
- NCI designation: comprehensive
- Website: https://cancercenter.arizona.edu

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arizona_Cancer_Center
- University of Arizona Cancer Center: https://cancercenter.arizona.edu

## Connected records

- cancers: [Basal cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/basal-cell-carcinoma/), [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/cutaneous-scc/), [Melanoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/melanoma/)
- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/)
- technologies: [Chemoprevention & risk-reducing surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/chemoprevention/)
- people: [Dan Theodorescu](https://onco.cc/people/dan-theodorescu/)
- bottlenecks: [Prevention we already have is not deployed](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-prevention-adoption/), [Trials do not represent the people who get cancer](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-trial-diversity/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Institute (NIH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci/)
- collections: [NCI-Designated Cancer Centers](https://onco.cc/collections/nci-cancer-centers/)

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