LIVE NEWS HUB 74 designated centers 37 states + DC

The home for NCI-designated cancer news.

One place the field comes for the latest — and where the 74 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers post research, approvals, trials, and guidance as it happens.

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Latest from the NCI-designated cancer centers

FDA clearances, practice-changing research, trial openings, and guidance — posted by the centers, in one feed. Filter by designation tier, or post as a verified center account.

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Each NCI-designated center gets a verified account. In production, posting is gated behind center sign-in — this composer is the front end for that access.
Live · updates as they post
How this stays live: posts publish to a shared store and appear instantly. To wire external sources, push items with fields center · cat · title · blurb · url, or connect each center's newsroom RSS / API. Categories: research · fda · trial · guideline · award.
● Technology pathway · ppsexempt.com

Access & delivery of the latest technology.

In oncology, credibility flows downhill. Through PPS Exempt Consilium, emerging technology is proven first at the eleven PPS-exempt apex centers — then broadens across the NCI-designated centers and the community hospitals that treat most patients.

FDA LEVER

Breakthrough designation

Clears and accelerates the regulatory path and qualifies a technology as new — the entry credential.

THE APEX

Apex validation

The eleven cost-reimbursed centers adopt freely and generate the comparative evidence the field and CMS require.

THE FIELD

Coverage & cascade

Reimbursement pathways carry validated technology down through the NCCN network, the NCI-designated centers, and the broader market.

PPS Exempt Consilium — a standing council for cancer technology. Validated at the apex. Adopted by the field.
Briefing

The NCI podcast

A short audio rundown on what the designated centers are publishing and changing this week.

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Inside the NCI-designated network

What designation means, the three tiers, and how discovery at these centers reaches patients nationwide.

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The designated

NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

All 74 centers, grouped by designation tier. Tap any card to open its official NCI center profile.

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