Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is an NCI-designated Cancer Center and a division of the Mayo Clinic. The MCCC has 3 locations in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota.[1][2]

The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of the oldest NCI-designated cancer centers in the US, having first been designated in 1973.[3] The main location of the Mayo Clinic is in Rochester, MN. Campuses in Arizona and Florida opened later.[4]

Mayo receives more than $100 million in research funding annually.[5] It is one of the Lead Academic Participating Sites in the NCI National Clinical Trials Network.

Mayo has 10 research divisions that faculty members are a part of. Most of these programs are further divided into specific focus areas.[6][7]

  • Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
  • Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Cell Biology
  • Developmental Therapeutics
  • Gastrointestinal Cancer
  • Gene and Virus Therapy
  • Genetic Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
  • Hematologic Malignancies
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Women's Cancer

References

  1. ↑ "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - Overview".
  2. ↑ "https://www.nccn.org/members/profiles/default.aspx?memberid=485". www.nccn.org. External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - About the Cancer Center".
  4. ↑ Allen, Blake. "Mayo Clinic Opens Cancer Center At St. Vincent's In Jacksonville".
  5. ↑ "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center". National Cancer Institute.
  6. ↑ "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - Research Programs — Mayo Clinic Cancer Center".
  7. ↑ http://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/cancer-rsearch/research-programs/cancer-immunology-immunotherapy-program/focus-areas
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