New Cancer Center

Chicago's First Freestanding Cancer Center

The 500,000-square-foot facility will provide patients and the community access to the newest diagnostic innovations and leading-edge therapies.

Olatoyosi Odenike, MD, and patient in infusion bay
Providing Unparalleled Cancer Care

As one of only two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Illinois and the only academic medical center on the city's South Side, UChicago Medicine is uniquely positioned to improve cancer care and outcomes in Chicago and the communities it serves.
view of the South Side from campus, with Center for Care and Discovery in foreground
Strengthening the Health Care Ecosystem

The new cancer facility will add to an emerging ecosystem of health care on the South Side of Chicago, where community hospitals and UChicago Medicine play essential roles in ensuring residents get the right care at the right place at the right time.
construction hard hats lined up on a table
Timeline

UChicago Medicine filed a request in January 2022 to the state regulatory board to spend money on design and site planning for the proposed center. Based on regulatory approval, the facility would open to patients in 2026.
Dan Appelbaum, MD, and Xavier Keutgen, MD
Cancer Center Facts

UChicago Medicine plans to establish the first freestanding facility dedicated to cancer care and research in Chicago. Here are highlights and other information about the proposed cancer center.

Cancer Patient Stories

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Jessica Donington, MD, and lung cancer patient Marilyn Nesby
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Cindy and Scott McIntyre. Scott is a CAR T-cell therapy patient
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What Does It Mean to Be an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center?

An official comprehensive cancer center designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the highest federal rating a cancer center can achieve. Learn what's required to earn this designation and how the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center is shaping cancer care and research today and beyond.

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(Left to right) Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC); M. Eileen Dolan, PhD, deputy director of the UCCCC; and Shubitz Prize winner John Carpten, PhD, of the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Milbert Kennedy, male breast cancer survivor
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