# UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center serves California's Central Valley and runs comparative oncology trials in pet dogs with naturally occurring cancers alongside the veterinary school, a model for speeding up immunotherapy and radiotherapy development; its director Primo Lara leads SWOG genitourinary and lung cancer trials.

## Summary

NCI-designated in 2002 and comprehensive since 2012, UC Davis serves California's Central Valley and Sierra region. Its comparative oncology programme runs trials in pet dogs with naturally occurring cancers alongside the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, a model for accelerating immunotherapy and radiotherapy development. Director Primo Lara is a long-standing SWOG leader in genitourinary and lung cancer trials. The centre also hosts a large lung cancer programme and community outreach to rural and agricultural populations.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- City: Sacramento, CA, US
- Type: cancer-center
- NCI designation: comprehensive
- Website: https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_Comprehensive_Cancer_Center
- UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center: https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/
- Clinical trials: https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/clinical-trials/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Bladder & urothelial cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/urothelial/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- companies: [SWOG Cancer Research Network](https://onco.cc/companies/swog/)
- people: [Primo N. Lara Jr.](https://onco.cc/people/primo-lara/)
- bottlenecks: [Lab models that fail to predict what happens in patients](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-preclinical-models/), [Trials do not represent the people who get cancer](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-trial-diversity/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Institute (NIH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci/)
- collections: [NCI-Designated Cancer Centers](https://onco.cc/collections/nci-cancer-centers/)

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