Research and Treatment Centers
Genetics Research:
National Human Genome Research Institute
Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute of Great Britain
The Translational Genomics Research Institute
Rational Therapeutics
The Genome Institute, Washington University
Intervention Insights
The Translational Genomics Research Institute
American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Seattle, Washington
Massachusetts General Hospital, The Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies
Molecular Research
IDIGBELL Spain
Also See: Molecular Tumor Profiling
Federal Government institutions:
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
State Government institutions:
What is National Cancer Institute designation?
The National Cancer Act of 1971, enacted as part of the nation’s war on cancer, established the Cancer Centers Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This branch was charged with developing a network of distinguished cancer-research organizations characterized by scientific excellence and the ability to bring a diversity of research approaches to bear on the problem of cancer.
According to the NCI, its designated centers “are the major sources of new knowledge relating to the nature of cancer and of new and more effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and therapy.”
What does NCI designation mean to patients?
Here is what the NCI has to say:
- “Research in cancer centers… offers patients options for prevention, diagnosis and treatment that may not be available elsewhere.”
- “Patients benefit in better access to the latest therapies and better opportunities to take part in early trials of promising treatments.”
- ”(NCI-designated) centers play an important role in their communities and regions and serve to influence standards of cancer prevention and treatment.”
Where are the NCI-designated centers?
Visit the NCI Cancer Centers program website for a complete list.
Partial List of the best research and treatment centers in the United States:
UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center
American Institute for Cancer Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa
Cleveland Taussig Cancer Institute
UC Davis Comprenensive Cancer Center
Great Britain
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH)
Norway
Oslo Cancer Cluster
Germany
IOAK Immunological and Oncological Center in Cologne
Molecular Tumor Profiling for Drug Development and Treatment Options
The Translational Genomics Research Institute
Open Source Drug Discovery
Rational Therpeutics
Genome Institute
Illumina Genetic Sequencing
Ion Torrent Genetic Sequencing
Life Technologies Global Biotechnology Tools Company
Covance
Ingenuity Systems
Accelys, Scientific Informatics Software for Life Sciences, Materials R&D
Genentech
AstraZeneca Biotechpharmaceutical Company
The Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies
Clarient
Cancer gene sequencing
Cancer Genome Project United Kingdom
The Cancer Genome Atlas, U.S.
The Cancer Genome Atlas Pilot Project (TCGA)
Biomedical Engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation
Alternative Medicine
Life Extension Cancer Adjuvant Therapy
non-profit
Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
Salk Institute
