To receive the “comprehensive” designation, City of Hope met the NCI’s rigorous criteria for laboratory, clinical and population-based research that benefits the communities it serves. It first received comprehensive cancer center status in 1998, which has been renewed every five years and requires an intense peer-review process. City of Hope has held the prestigious NCI designation since it became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1981. The ranking puts the center in the top echelon of the nation’s 53 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers.Ĭity of Hope was also awarded more than $23 million in competitive funding through renewal of its NCI Cancer Center Support Grant to support its research, cancer training and education programs, and community outreach over the next five years. cancer center - “exceptional” - by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. City of Hope comprehensive cancer center has received the highest ranking possible for a U.S.
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