# Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer de la Universidad de Puerto Rico

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## TL;DR

Puerto Rico's public cancer centre, with a hospital, a radiotherapy centre and a research division, serving people in Puerto Rico.

## Summary

The University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center is a public corporation created by Law 230 of 26 August 2004, as amended, to meet the island's need for cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Its site says cancer affects about 16,000 Puerto Ricans a year. The site lists a hospital with a 24-hour oncology emergency room, an infusion centre and multidisciplinary clinics, a radiotherapy centre, and a research and development centre with divisions for clinical and translational cancer research, cancer medicine and cancer control. Its research pages list Puerto Rico NCORP, the AIDS Malignancy Consortium and the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry. The site is in Spanish.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Puerto Rico; University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center; CCCUPR
- City: San Juan, PR, US
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.cccupr.org/

## Sources

- Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (in Spanish): https://www.cccupr.org/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Association of American Cancer Institutes](https://onco.cc/institutions/aaci/)

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