|
18 Leading Cancer Hospitals
When the diagnosis is cancer, the first question is what's the best treatment. Next question is where to find it.
|
A comprehensive-care hospital fights the disease from several angles: It provides a full range of emotional and physical care for patients; carries out research and clinical trials; provides education and information on prevention and control of the disease; and provides educational opportunities for health care professionals.
The following hospitals are members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and are cited for their scientific excellence by the National Cancer Institute (NCI):
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL
- City of Hope National Medical Center & Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA
- University of California San Francisco Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Nebraska Medical Center/Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha, NE
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
|
