# NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

Source: https://onco.cc/collections/nci-cancer-centers/  
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## TL;DR

NCI-designated cancer centres are the US government's list of the cancer centres that meet its research and care standards.

## Summary

The NCI-Designated Cancer Centers list is the US government's roster of the cancer centres that meet the National Cancer Institute's standards for research and care: 74 centres in 2026, of which 58 are Comprehensive, 8 Clinical and 8 Basic Laboratory. Designation depends on a competitive P30 grant that must be renewed every five years. The list is maintained by the NCI and is public. On OnCo it is linked to the institution records of designated centres, from the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB to The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center, and it is cited by the bottlenecks Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists and Fragmented care and guideline gaps and by the idea Promote academics for trials completed, data shared and findings replicated.

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-09-04
- URL: https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers
- Holds: The 74 US centres holding NCI designation (58 Comprehensive, 8 Clinical, 8 Basic Laboratory).
- Licence: Public

## Sources

- NCI-Designated Cancer Centers: https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers

## Connected records

- institutions: [Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/wake-forest-cancer/), [Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/karmanos/), [Cancer Center at Illinois](https://onco.cc/institutions/cancer-center-at-illinois/), [Dartmouth Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/dartmouth-cancer-center/), [Fox Chase Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/fox-chase/), [Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/nebraska-buffett/), [Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa](https://onco.cc/institutions/iowa-holden/), [Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota](https://onco.cc/institutions/minnesota-masonic/), [Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Arizona](https://onco.cc/institutions/mayo-clinic-arizona/), [Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Florida](https://onco.cc/institutions/mayo-clinic-florida/), [Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio](https://onco.cc/institutions/mays-cancer-center/), [Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/montefiore-einstein/), [MUSC Hollings Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/musc-hollings/), [National Cancer Institute (NIH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci/), [O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB](https://onco.cc/institutions/oneal-uab/), [Purdue Institute for Cancer Research](https://onco.cc/institutions/purdue-cancer-research/), [Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey](https://onco.cc/institutions/rutgers-cinj/), [Salk Institute Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/salk-institute/), [Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/sanford-burnham-prebys/), [The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/jackson-laboratory/), [The University of Kansas Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/ku-cancer-center/), [The Wistar Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/wistar/), [UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/uc-davis-cancer/), [University of Arizona Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/arizona-cancer-center/), [University of Florida Health Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/uf-health-cancer-center/), [University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/maryland-greenebaum/), [University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/unm-cancer-center/), [University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/uw-carbone/), [UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/uva-cancer-center/), [VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/vcu-massey/)
- bottlenecks: [Fragmented care and guideline gaps](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/), [Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-workforce/)
- ideas: [Promote academics for trials completed, data shared and findings replicated](https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-academic-promotion-reform/)

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