The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) which is one of 11 agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is dedicated to the coordination and administration of the National Cancer Program. The institute promotes and funds cancer research, training, diagnosis, prevention and the treatment of cancer.  The National Cancer Institute has identified 69 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers and Hospitals around the United States that meet the “highest standards of care, research and treatment of cancer”.

Anita and I are offering this list of Cancer Centers and Hospitals available within a day’s drive of residents living in Florida in the event that a lung cancer patient is looking for additional facilities available that meet the NCI’s highest standards of treatment.