| Department: | Cancer Center |
| Insitution: | University of Arizona |
| Tucson, AZ |
Since being established in 1976, the University of Arizona Cancer Center has worked to prevent and cure cancer. The UA Cancer Center is one of 49 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation and the only one with headquarters in and serving the entire state of Arizona that has been designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the NCI’s highest designation. That designation is reserved for centers focusing on patient care as well as basic and clinical research, prevention, education, outreach and training.
The UA Cancer Center is a leader in research on women’s cancers (breast, ovarian), men’s cancers (prostate), gastrointestinal cancers (colon, pancreas and liver), lymphoma and skin cancers and is home to one of the largest Cancer Prevention and Control Programs among the nation’s comprehensive cancer centers, with leading prevention research in breast, colon, lung, prostate and skin cancers.