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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Irvine

aka UCI Chao Family CCC

Orange County's NCI comprehensive cancer centre, pairing UCI Health clinical care with the Beckman Laser Institute's optical imaging science.

NCI-designated since 1994, the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only NCI comprehensive centre in Orange County. Its distinctive research asset is UCI's Beckman Laser Institute, a birthplace of biomedical optics and optical imaging of tissue, alongside programmes in cancer systems biology, GI and head and neck cancers, and haematologic malignancies. UCI Health opened a new Irvine medical campus in the mid-2020s, expanding cancer care alongside the Orange hospital. Patients can access NCI cooperative group and investigator-initiated trials.

Location
Orange, CA, US
Type
cancer center · University of California, Irvine
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
NCI designation
comprehensive
OnCo score
#163 · 29 points (0 Newsweek + 15 NCI + 14 from 7 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Optical imaging (Beckman Laser Institute)
  • GI oncology
  • Head and neck cancer

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