{"entity":{"id":"lsu-lcmc-cancer-center","kind":"institution","name":"LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center","aka":[],"tldr":"A New Orleans cancer centre run by LSU Health New Orleans with LCMC Health, covering cancer research, clinical trials, screening outreach and training for the whole of Louisiana.","summary":"The LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center is based at LSU Health New Orleans. Its site says it was founded in 1990 and that in February 2022 LSU and LCMC Health joined forces to create a unified cancer centre. It describes its catchment area, as defined by the National Cancer Institute, as the entire state of Louisiana. Its research is organised in three programmes: cancer biology, population sciences and cancer control, and translational and clinical cancer research. It names the Gulf South Clinical Trials Network, the Louisiana Tumor Registry and a community outreach and engagement effort as parts of its work, and it supports education and training from high-school students to residents and fellows. Its site names Lucio Miele, PhD, as Director.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About the LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center","url":"https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cancer_center/about_us/default.aspx"},{"label":"LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center home page","url":"https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cancer_center/default.aspx"},{"label":"Our NCI designation journey","url":"https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cancer_center/about_us/our_nci_designation_journey.aspx"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["mary-bird-perkins"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"New Orleans, LA","country":"US","lat":29.951,"lng":-90.072,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cancer_center/default.aspx","university":"LSU Health New Orleans","programs":["Cancer biology research programme","Population sciences and cancer control research programme","Translational and clinical cancer research programme","Gulf South Clinical Trials Network","Louisiana Tumor Registry","Community outreach and engagement, including cancer screening","Education and training programmes, from high-school students to residents, fellows and faculty","Center for Translational Viral Oncology"]},"route":"/institutions/lsu-lcmc-cancer-center/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"aaci","kind":"institution","name":"Association of American Cancer Institutes","route":"/institutions/aaci/"},{"id":"mary-bird-perkins","kind":"institution","name":"Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center","route":"/institutions/mary-bird-perkins/"}]}}