Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (MCCC) is an National Cancer Institute (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 United States, 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 and became part of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in 2003.[4][5]

Mayo receives more than $100 million in research funding annually.[6] It is one of the Lead Academic Participating Sites in the National Cancer Institute (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.[7][8]

• 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

See also

• Mayo Clinic Arizona
• Mayo Clinic Hospital (Rochester), Saint Marys Campus, Methodist Campus
• Mayo Clinic Florida
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

References

1. "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - Overview". Mayo Education.
2. "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center". National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
3. "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - About the Cancer Center". Mayo Education.
4. Allen, Blake. "Mayo Clinic Opens Cancer Center At St. Vincent's In Jacksonville". WJCTC News.
5. "NCI-designated Cancer Centers". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
6. "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center". Cancer.gov. National Cancer Institute.
7. "Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Research - Research Programs — Mayo Clinic Cancer Center". Mayo Education.
8. "May Research Programs". Mayo Education. Retrieved July 22, 2020.