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University of North Carolina Hospitals (Chapel Hill). UNC Hospitals includes the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was established in 1975. It is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. N.C. Cancer Hospital, which was completed in 2009, is the…

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor). A National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center is also a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. U.S. News & World Report ranks U-M Hospitals…

University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore). The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, part of the UMMC, is a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center. It is a Blue Distinction Center for Complex & Rare Cancers and offers…

University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington). The five-year goal of the Markey Cancer Center, founded in 1983, is to decrease Kentucky’s cancer deaths by 50 percent, as the state is currently first in the nation for overall cancer…

University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). The University of Kansas Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. U.S. News & World Report ranks KU Hospital among the top 50 programs for cancer care in…

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City). Found in 1980, the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only center in the state to hold that designation from the National Cancer Institute. The center coordinates patient care and cancer research…

University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora). University of Colorado Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the state. It became a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network in 2013, and is also affiliated with the…

University of Chicago Medical Center. The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of two National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Illinois. The center awards the Simon M. Shubitz Cancer Prize and Lectureship annually to bring respected…

UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco). The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is consistently ranked among the top cancer hospitals in the nation by U.S News & World Report — for 2015-16, it was ranked No. 9 in the…

UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles). The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA was designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute in 1967. It is one of the largest cancer centers in the country, with more than 450…