What an awesome question! The National Cancer Institute recognizes centers around the country that meet rigorous standards for transdisciplinary, state-of-the-art research focused on developing new and better approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. Arguably there likely are several centers of excellence in the United States that don’t meet NCI criteria because they’re not doing research qualifying research, but nonetheless have the most state of the art equipment, qualified staff and interdisciplinary treatment. When I started my journey with PCA, I had zero appreciation for the difference between just any health system and a center of excellence. I was under diagnosed and under-treated and now being treated for Gleason 9 PCa and my life has changed forever. I hope that doesn’t happen to you.

Here is a link to all the NCI approved cancer centers in the US sorted by State: https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers

Best wishes for success on your journey with PCa.