Top 10 Cancer Hospitals in the United States

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, is one of the three original comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. M.D. Anderson is widely considered to be one of the foremost cancer hospitals in the world.

The M.D. Anderson Center provides care to over 135,000 people annually and employs almost 20,000 people.

Memorial Sloan Kettering is a non-profit hospital located in New York City. It was founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital by a group of philanthropists and businessmen including John Jacob Astor.

The center now treats hundreds of subtypes of cancers each year. Treatment locations include the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center, the Sillerman Center for Rehabilitation, and the Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center, as well as other locations in New York state and New Jersey.

The Mayo Clinic is one of the most well-known hospitals in the world and continues the tradition of cutting-edge patient care with its multi-centered cancer unit.

The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is based on three campuses—in Phoenix, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota—and offers comprehensive oncological treatment to people from around the world.

Based in Boston, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has long been a leader in cancer research, education, and treatment.

The collaborative Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center provides state-of-the-art care for women and men with breast cancer and is staffed with leading surgeons, oncologists, and radiation oncologists, some of whom have pioneered techniques that have become the template for optimal breast cancer treatment.

The Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio, boasts more than 450 doctors, researchers, nurses, and technicians delivering cancer-specific care to thousands of patients each year.

The Cancer Center unites doctors and scientists from the Taussig Cancer Institute (housed in a new, 377,000-square-foot facility that opened in 2017), as well as the hospital's 26 other clinical and surgical institutes. 

Like the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital is one of the most familiar and trusted names in health care in the United States. In keeping with that tradition, its Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Philadelphia delivers cancer-specific treatment, education, and research across all disciplines, including ​cancer immunology and bone marrow transplants.

The Seattle Cancer Alliance was established in 1998 as an alliance between the University of Washington Medical Center, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Clients receive oncological treatment at the University of Washington Medical Center for procedures (including surgery) that require an overnight stay. Others can receive outpatient treatment, particularly for prostate and gynecologic cancers.

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute is a non-profit treatment and research center in Tampa, Florida. Established in 1981, the hospital officially opened its doors in 1986 and has quickly risen through the ranks to become of the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art facilities in the United States.

The University of California, San Francisco (USCF) Medical Center has long been a leader in cancer research and care. 

UCSF first attained its status as a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in 1999 and later renamed itself the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center with the aim of fast-tracking cutting-edge research into effective patient care.

The University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has quickly become one of the top cancer hospitals in the country with the founding of its Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

The Abramson Center is housed at the Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, built in 2008, and offers cutting-edge treatment in conjunction with the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, the largest proton beam treatment facility in the world.