(202) 444-4000 lombardi.georgetown.edu
Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida
(888) 663-3488 www.moffitt.org
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois
(312) 695-0990 cancer.northwestern.edu
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Chicago, Illinois
(773) 702-6180 cancer.uchicago.edu
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 356-4200 www.uihealthcare.org/holdencomprehensivecancercenter
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
(410) 955-5222 www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Boston, Massachusetts
(617) 632-3000 www.dfhcc.harvard.edu
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
School of Medicine Detroit, Michigan
(800) 527-6266 www.karmanos.org
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Ann Arbor, Michigan
(734) 936-1831 mcancer.org
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
(612) 625-5411 cancer.umn.edu
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Rochester, Minnesota
(507) 284-2511 www.mayoclinic.org/mayo-clinic-cancer-center
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
(314) 747-3046 www.siteman.wustl.edu
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire
(603) 653-9000 cancer.dartmouth.edu
Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
(732) 235-2465 www.cinj.org
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University New York, New York
(212) 851-4680 hiccc.columbia.edu
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
(212) 639-2000 www.mskcc.org
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York
(716) 845-2300 www.roswellpark.org
Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
(888) 275-3853 www.dukecancerinstitute.org
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, N.C. Cancer Hospital Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(919) 966-3036 www.nccancerhospital.org
The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina
(888) 716-9253 www.wakehealth.edu/Comprehensive-Cancer-Center
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
(216) 844-8797 cancer.case.edu
Comprehensive Cancer Center–James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
(614) 293-5066 cancer.osu.edu
Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(800) 789-7366 www.penncancer.org
Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(888) 369-2427 www.fccc.edu
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(412) 647-2811 www.upci.upmc.edu
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee
(901) 595-3300 www.stjude.org
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee
(877) 936-8422 www.vicc.org
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Houston, Texas
(713) 792-2121 www.mdanderson.org
Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington (206) 667-5000 fhcrc.org
UW Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
(800) 622-8922 www.uwhealth.org/cancer
Advice at the Outset
First, the best advice is to find the nearest NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Because there are 41 of these centers across the country, no matter where you live at least one should be within a few hours’ drive of your home. Most of these specialty cancer hospitals are affiliated with major academic medical centers and are leaders in cancer research and pioneers of the latest and best cancer treatments. You can ask your primary care physician to refer you to a specialist at an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, or you can call yourself and make an appointment to see one of the top specialists in your specific type of cancer.
Even if you prefer to receive treatment at a local hospital closer to home, it is still important to get this high-level initial consultation