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{{Short description|Cancer research center in Chicago, Illinois, United States}}
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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
| org/group = [[Northwestern Medicine]]
| logo = Lurie Cancer Center logo.svg
| image = 
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| coordinates = {{coord|41.89469750|-87.62246870|type:landmark_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13005076675535540811 |title=Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| address = 675 North Saint Clair Street
| region = Chicago
| state = Illinois
| country = US
| funding = non-profit
| type=Specialist
| affiliation = [[Feinberg School of Medicine]]
| standards = NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
| beds = 
| specialty = [[Cancer research]]
| opened = 1974
| former-names = Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center (before comprehensive designation)
| publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]]
| website = {{official URL}}
}}

The '''Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center''' '''of Northwestern University''' (Lurie Cancer Center) is a [[NCI-designated Cancer Center|National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center]] located on [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]]'s downtown medical campus in the [[Streeterville]] neighborhood of Chicago, [[Illinois]], United States. One of two NCI-designated cancer centers in Illinois, Lurie Cancer Center's physicians and scientists hold faculty appointments within the [[Feinberg School of Medicine]], [[Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences]], [[McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science]]s, and other academic units across [[Northwestern University]]. Together, they bring their combined knowledge and expertise to patients at [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]], [[Lurie Children's Hospital|Ann & Robert H. Children's Hospital of Chicago]], [[Shirley Ryan AbilityLab]] and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/about/index.html|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.cancer.northwestern.edu|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706202104/https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/about/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Lurie Cancer Center is a founding member of the [[National Comprehensive Cancer Network]] and a member of the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium » Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University|url=https://www.bigtencrc.org/member-institutions/robert-h-lurie-comprehensive-cancer-center/|access-date=2021-02-18|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204071928/https://www.bigtencrc.org/member-institutions/robert-h-lurie-comprehensive-cancer-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Founded in 1974,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Robert H. Lurie|url=https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/about/robert-h-lurie.html|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.cancer.northwestern.edu|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706234814/https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/about/robert-h-lurie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the center was dedicated through a gift of endowment from the [[Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ann Lurie|url=http://www.annlurie.com/#leading-2-wrap|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.annlurie.com|archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128221425/http://annlurie.com/#leading-2-wrap|url-status=live}}</ref> Lurie Cancer Center treats nearly 17,000 new patients each year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-26|title=Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center - National Cancer Institute|url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/northwesternlurie|access-date=2021-02-14|website=www.cancer.gov|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110032151/https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find/northwesternlurie|url-status=live}}</ref>