Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

{{Infobox hospital

| name = Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

| network = National Comprehensive Cancer Network

| map_caption = Shown in Nashville, Tennessee

| region = Nashville, TN

| state = Tennessee

| country = US

| coordinates = {{coord|36|08|26|N|86|48|14|W|display:'inline, title'}}

| type = Specialist

| speciality = Cancer

| former-names = Vanderbilt Cancer Center

| opened = 1993

}}

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Nashville, TN. It is part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The Vanderbilt Cancer Center was established in 1993 and received its initial NCI designation in 1995. It was renamed the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in 1999 after a significant donation from the Ingram family.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicc.org/about/who/history/|title=History of the Cancer Center - Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center|first=C. Manley Reviewed & Revised 8/27/2013 by Dangny McMillan/ D|last=Woodard|website=www.vicc.org}} The center received its NCI "comprehensive" cancer center status in 2001. VICC has more than 280 faculty members involved in the research and treatment of cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers/find/vanderbiltingram|title=Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center|website=National Cancer Institute|date=26 July 2012 }} The center receives more than $140 million annually in federal research funding, landing it among the top ten in the nation for federal research grants.{{cite web|url=https://hoosiercancer.org/our-network/site/251/|title=Hoosier Cancer Research Network » Locations » Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center|publisher=}}

VICC is also a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicc.org/quality/experts.php|title=What Do Other Experts Say About You? - Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center|first=Cynthia Manley; Reviewed & Revised 8/27/13 by Dagny McMillin &|last=DWoodard|website=www.vicc.org}}

VICC sponsors a number of clinical trials.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbQ5DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA987|title=Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society|first=Graham A.|last=Colditz|date=12 September 2007|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9781412949897 |via=Google Books}}

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