The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center has earned renewed designation as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute.
The five-year renewal comes with $26.9 million in funding, according to a Nov. 3 news release from the health system.
The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center first received NCI cancer center designation in 1972, which was elevated to a comprehensive cancer center designation in 1979.
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