Adult

general

An age group comprised of humans who have reached reproductive age.

Centers

Active Trials

$905M

Cancer Funding

Specific Cancer Types(1)

Name	Centers	Active Trials
Young Adult	32	3

Top Centers for Adult(81)

Ranked by research excellence score (trials · grants · publications). Methodology →

#	Center	Research Tier	Active Trials	Cancer Funding	Score
1	University of Virginia Cancer CenterCharlottesville, VA NCI Comprehensive High-Volume Research Center	High-Volume Research Center	1	$10M	76.6
2	University of Colorado Cancer CenterAurora, CO NCI Comprehensive High-Volume Research Center	High-Volume Research Center	1	$7M	72.7
3	Duke Cancer InstituteDurham, NC NCI Comprehensive High-Volume Research Center	High-Volume Research Center	1	$7M	70.2
4	University of Cincinnati Cancer CenterCincinnati, OH Active Research Program	Active Research Program	1	$6M	68.9
5	Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa, FL NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	2	$6M	68.0
6	Abramson Cancer Center of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$95M	66.2
7	UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterPittsburgh, PA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$52M	65.8
8	Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$36M	65.4
9	The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research InstituteColumbus, OH NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$35M	64.9
10	UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer CenterSan Francisco, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$35M	64.5
11	Stanford Cancer InstitutePalo Alto, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$32M	64.1
12	Karmanos Cancer InstituteDetroit, MI NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	1	$4M	64.1
13	Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$27M	63.6
14	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	1	$26M	63.2
15	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer CenterWashington, DC NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$23M	62.8
16	Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer CenterIndianapolis, IN NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$23M	62.3
17	UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel Hill, NC NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$21M	61.9
18	University of Michigan Rogel Cancer CenterAnn Arbor, MI NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$21M	61.5
19	Hollings Cancer CenterCharleston, SC NCI Clinical Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$20M	61.0
20	Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterNashville, TN NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$20M	60.6
21	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$18M	60.2
22	The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer CenterChicago, IL NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$17M	59.8
23	UC San Diego Moores Cancer CenterLa Jolla, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$16M	59.3
24	Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center UT Southwestern Medical CenterDallas, TX NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$16M	58.9
25	Fred Hutch Cancer CenterSeattle, WA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$16M	58.5
26	Winship Cancer InstituteAtlanta, GA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$16M	58.0
27	Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalMemphis, TN NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$14M	57.6
28	Siteman Cancer CenterSt. Louis, MO NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$14M	57.2
29	USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer CenterLos Angeles, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$13M	56.7
30	Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterNew York, NY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$11M	56.3
31	UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer CenterSacramento, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$10M	55.9
32	Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$10M	55.4
33	City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuarte, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$10M	55.0
34	The University of Kansas Cancer CenterKansas City, KS NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$10M	54.6
35	Masonic Cancer CenterMinneapolis, MN NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$10M	53.7
36	UF Health Cancer InstituteGainesville, FL NCI Clinical Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$9M	53.3
37	Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer CenterNew York, NY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$9M	52.8
38	UMass Memorial Health Cancer CenterWorcester, MA Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$8M	52.4
39	Yale Cancer Center Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$8M	52.0
40	VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer CenterRichmond, VA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$8M	51.5
41	Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at JeffersonPhiladelphia, PA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$8M	51.1
42	O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$7M	50.7
43	OHSU Knight Cancer InstitutePortland, OR NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$7M	49.8
44	Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR MedicineRochester, NY NCI Clinical Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$7M	49.4
45	Rutgers Cancer InstituteNew Brunswick, NJ NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	1	$7M	49.0
46	UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer CenterLos Angeles, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$7M	48.5
47	Penn State Cancer InstituteHershey, PA Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$7M	48.1
48	University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer CenterMadison, WI NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$6M	47.2
49	Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterMiami, FL NCI Clinical Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$6M	46.8
50	Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NY Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$6M	45.9
51	The University of Arizona Cancer CenterTucson, AZ NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$6M	45.1
52	UofL James Graham Brown Cancer CenterLouisville, KY Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$6M	44.6
53	UK Markey Cancer CenterLexington, KY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	44.2
54	Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer CenterMilwaukee, WI Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	43.8
55	Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer CenterRochester, MN NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	43.3
56	University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer CenterAlbuquerque, NM NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	42.9
57	Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	42.5
58	Stephenson Cancer CenterOklahoma City, OK NCI Clinical Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$5M	42.0
59	GW Cancer CenterWashington, DC Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$4M	41.2
60	Cancer Center at IllinoisUrbana, IL Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$4M	40.7
61	UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer CenterOrange, CA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$4M	40.3
62	Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer CenterBronx, NY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$4M	39.9
63	Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone HealthNew York, NY NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$3M	39.4
64	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer CenterCold Spring Harbor, NY NCI Basic_laboratory Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$3M	39.0
65	Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown UniversityProvidence, RI Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	38.6
66	Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta UniversityAugusta, GA Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	38.1
67	Loma Linda University Cancer CenterLoma Linda, CA Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	37.7
68	Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	37.3
69	Holden Comprehensive Cancer CenterIowa City, IA NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	36.9
70	Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterCleveland, OH NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	36.4
71	University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer CenterBaltimore, MD NCI Comprehensive Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	36.0
72	Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, MU Health CareColumbia, MO Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	35.6
73	UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer InstituteLittle Rock, AR Active Research Program	Active Research Program	—	$2M	35.1
74	LSU LCMC Health Cancer CenterNew Orleans, LA Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$2M	34.7
75	Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer CenterOmaha, NE NCI Clinical Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$2M	34.3
76	Houston Methodist Dr. Mary and Ron Neal Cancer CenterHouston, TX Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$805K	33.8
77	Purdue University Institute for Cancer ResearchWest Lafayette, IN NCI Basic_laboratory Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$674K	33.4
78	Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer CenterWinston-Salem, NC NCI Comprehensive Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$357K	33.0
79	University of Illinois Cancer CenterChicago, IL Contributing Research Center	Contributing Research Center	—	$34K	32.5
80	Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, FloridaJacksonville, FL		—	—	31.9
81	BC CancerVancouver, BC		—	—	31.9

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