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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Harvard's largest hospital; leaders in lung cancer targeted therapy, proton therapy, and ctDNA research.

Termeer Center for targeted therapies; ALK/ROS1 and EGFR resistance research; Francis H. Burr Proton Center; Broad Institute affiliation.

Location
Boston, US
Type
hospital · Harvard University
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
#16
NCI designation
comprehensive
OnCo score
#16 · 87 points (44 Newsweek + 15 NCI + 28 from 14 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Targeted therapy (lung)
  • Proton therapy
  • Neuro-oncology

People

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Daniel A. Haber
Director, Mass General Cancer Center; HHMI Investigator
Circulating tumour cellsEGFR mutationsCancer genetics

Co-discovered EGFR mutations in lung cancer and pioneered circulating tumour cell technology.

Justin F. Gainor
Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers
ALK and ROS1 lung cancerImmunotherapy in oncogene-driven NSCLCRET

Showed that oncogene-driven lung cancers respond poorly to immunotherapy and led the pivotal RET and ALK inhibitor studies.

Keith T. Flaherty
Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center
MelanomaBRAF and MEK inhibitorsPrecision oncology trials

Led the first trials of BRAF inhibition in melanoma and chairs the NCI-MATCH precision medicine trial.

Lecia V. Sequist
Director, Center for Innovation in Early Cancer Detection; Landry Family Professor of Medicine
Lung cancerEGFR resistanceEarly detection

Defined EGFR resistance mechanisms in lung cancer and now leads early-detection research including the Sybil AI lung-risk model.

Leif W. Ellisen
Program Director, Breast Medical Oncology
Breast cancer geneticsp53 family and p63Cancer predisposition

Runs breast medical oncology at MGH and studies the tumour-suppressor biology behind hereditary and triple-negative breast cancer.

Ryan B. Corcoran
Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center; Scientific Director, Termeer Center for Targeted Therapy
Colorectal cancerBRAF and KRAS resistanceLiquid biopsy

Worked out why BRAF inhibitors fail in colorectal cancer and how to combine drugs to overcome it.

Ryan J. Sullivan
Associate Director, Melanoma Program
MelanomaImmune-related adverse eventsTargeted and immune therapy sequencing

Ryan Sullivan is a melanoma trialist and a leading voice on managing immunotherapy side effects.

Theodore S. Hong
Director, Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology
Proton therapyLiver and pancreatic cancer radiationTotal neoadjuvant therapy

Showed how radiation, including proton therapy, can be used in liver and pancreatic cancers previously considered unsuitable.

Key papers

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