Cancer
Treatment Centers Across the United States
The following list of Cancer Treatment Centers have
been approved by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as the very
best in the country. They are cancer centers that are committed
to providing excellent care for cancer patients, helping improve
the quality of life for their patients and helping them get treated
& cured as soon as possible. These cancer centers are also dedicated
to educate the public about living healthy and preventing cancer,
rather than trying to cure it. These cancer centers will also help
you network with medical nurses, cancer social workers, psychologists
& psychiatrists as well as nutritionists & dietitians that
can help you improve your quality of life while living with cancer.
Alabama
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
1824 6th Avenue, S.
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone#: (800) UAB-0933 or (205) 975-8222
Website: http://www3.ccc.uab.edu
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Arizona
Arizona Cancer Center
1515 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone#: (520) 626-2900
Website: http://www.azcc.arizona.edu |
Colorado
University of Colorado Cancer Center
1665 N. Ursula Street
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone#: (800) 473-2288 or (720) 848-0300
Website: http://www.uccc.info |
California
City of Hope National Medical Center
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Phone#: (866) 434-HOPE (4673)
Website: http://www.cityofhope.org
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Moores Cancer
Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
Phone#: (866) 773-2703 or (858) 822-6200
Website: http://cancer.ucsd.edu
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone#: (310) 206-6909, (310) 794-1648 or
(310) 794-6726
Website: http://www.cancer.ucla.edu
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone#: (323) 865-3000
Website: http://ccnt.hsc.usc.edu
University of California, Irvine (UCI) Chao Family Comprehensive
Cancer Center
101 The City Drive, S.
Orange, CA 92868
Phone#: (877) UCI-DOCS (824-3627)
Website: http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/cancer
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Comprehensive
Cancer Center
1600 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone#: (888) 689-8273 or (415) 885-7777
Website: http://cancer.ucsf.edu |
Connecticut
Yale Cancer Center
15 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone#: (203) 785-4191
Website: http://www.yalecancercenter.org |
District
of Columbia
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone#: (202) 444-2223
Website: http://lombardi.georgetown.edu |
Florida
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone#: (888) 860-2778 or (813) 979-3980
Website: http://www.moffitt.org |
Illinois
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern
University
Galter Pavilion
675 N. St. Clair, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone#: (866) LURIE-CC (587-4322)
Website: http://www.lurie.northwestern.edu |
Iowa
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone# 319) 356-4200 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
(800) 777-8442 or (319) 384-8442 (After hours)
Website: http://www.uihealthcare.com |
Maryland
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
401 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone#: (410) 955-5222
Website: http://www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter.org |
Massachussets
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone#: (877) 332-4294
Website: http://www.dana-farber.org |
Michigan
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone#: (800) 865-1125
Website: http://www.cancer.med.umich.edu
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone#: (800) KARMANOS (527-6266)
Website: http://www.karmanos.org
Missouri
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone#: (877) 251-6485 or (314) 747-3046
Website: http://www.barnesjewish.org
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Minnesota
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
425 E. River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone#: (888) CANCER MN (226-2376)
(Toll Free in IA, MN, ND, SD, WI)
(612) 624-2620 (Outside Area)
Website: http://www.cancer.umn.edu
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone#: (507) 538-3270
Website: http://cancercenter.mayo.edu |
New
Jersey
Cancer Hospital of New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Phone#: (732) 828-3000
Website: http://www.rwjuh.edu |
New
Hampshire
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Phone#: (603) 653-9000
Website: http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu
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North
Carolina
University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center
102 West Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone#: (866) 828-0270
Website: http://cancer.med.unc.edu
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
Phone#: (888) ASK-DUKE (275-3853)
Website: http://www.cancer.duke.edu
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone#: (800) 446-2255 or (336) 716-2255
Website: http://www1.wfubmc.edu/cancer |
New
York
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone#: (800) ROSWELL (767-9355)
Website: http://www.roswellpark.org
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone#: (800) 525-2225
Website: http://www.mskcc.org/
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone#: (877) NYP-WELL (697-9355)
Website: http://hiccc.columbia.edu |
Texas
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
Phone#: (800) 392-1611 or (713) 792-6161
Website: http://www.mdanderson.org
Tennessee
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
691 Preston Building
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone#: (800) 811-8480
Website: http://www.vicc.org |
Ohio
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ireland Cancer Center
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone#: (800) 641-2422
Website: http://cancer.cwru.edu
Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
& Richard J. Solove Research Institute
300 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone#: (800) 293-5066 or (614) 293-5066
Website: http://www.jamesline.com |
Vermont
Vermont Cancer Center at the University of Vermont
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone#: (802) 656-4414
Website: http://www.vermontcancer.org
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792
Phone#: (800) 622-8922
Website: http://www.cancer.wisc.edu
Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Avenue, N.
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone#: (800) 804-8824 or (206) 288-1024
Website: http://www.fhcrc.org
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Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone#: (800) 789-PENN (7366)
Website: http://www.penncancer.org
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone#: (215) 728-2570
Website: http://www.fccc.edu
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
5150 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone#: (412) 647-2811
Website: http://www.upci.upmc.edu
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