# Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa

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## TL;DR

Iowa's only NCI-designated centre, home to the national neuroendocrine tumour SPORE and pharmacological ascorbate research.

## Summary

NCI-designated since 2000, Holden serves the state of Iowa and is the only NCI comprehensive centre between Chicago and Omaha. It holds the NCI's only Specialized Program of Research Excellence dedicated to neuroendocrine tumours, building on decades of somatostatin-receptor work, and offers peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. Its free-radical radiation biology programme has carried high-dose intravenous vitamin C (pharmacological ascorbate) from bench to randomised trials in pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma. The centre also runs a statewide cancer registry and rural outreach programmes.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- City: Iowa City, IA, US
- Type: cancer-center
- NCI designation: comprehensive
- Website: https://uihc.org/holden-comprehensive-cancer-center

## Sources

- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center: https://uihc.org/holden-comprehensive-cancer-center
- Cancer research: https://cancer.uiowa.edu

## Connected records

- cancers: [Glioma & glioblastoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/glioblastoma/), [Neuroendocrine tumours](https://onco.cc/cancers/neuroendocrine/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/)
- fronts: [Radiopharmaceuticals & Theranostics](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiopharma/)
- technologies: [High-dose intravenous vitamin C](https://onco.cc/technologies/high-dose-vitamin-c/), [Metabolic therapy: starving the tumour of a nutrient](https://onco.cc/technologies/metabolic-therapy/), [Radioligand therapy (beta emitters)](https://onco.cc/technologies/radioligand-therapy/)
- targets: [Somatostatin receptor 2](https://onco.cc/targets/sstr2/)
- drugs: [Lutetium-177 dotatate](https://onco.cc/drugs/lutathera/)
- people: [Mark E. Burkard](https://onco.cc/people/mark-burkard/)
- 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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