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{{Infobox building
| style = 
| name = University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC)
| image = Unm cancercenter.jpg
| contentstyle = 
| above = 
| location_city = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| location_country = United States
| address = UNM Cancer Center, 1201 Camino de Salud NE 1, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87102
| website = {{URL|http://cancer.unm.edu/}}<br />
{{URL|https://hsc.unm.edu/}}
| opened = 2009 {{Small|(At this location)}}
| affiliation = [[University of New Mexico]]<br />University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center<br />University of New Mexico Hospital
}}

The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC) is housed in the '''University of New Mexico Cancer Research Building'''. The building has five stories and covers 206,000 square feet of clinical space. It is designed as a shelled space for future expansion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.squarefootage.net/pdf/2017/IFMADesignConferenceE90.pdf |title=IFMA Conference 2017 Session E90 |date=2017 |website=Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute}}</ref> The building cost $100 million and was officially opened in 2009.

== NCI designation ==
UNMCCC first received designation as an [[NCI-designated Cancer Center]] in 2005. This status was further renewed in 2010, and gained its new designation as an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2015.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|URL=https://www.abqjournal.com/627523/unm-cancer-center-designated-as-elite-facility.html|title=UNM Cancer Center wins elite status|first1=Olivier |last1=Uyttebrouck |last2=Journal Staff |website=Albuquerque Journal |date=August 12, 2015}}</ref> Only 51 centers in the nation hold this designation.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers/find|title=Find an NCI-Designated Cancer Center |date=August 13, 2012|website=National Cancer Institute}}</ref> The UNMCCC is the only cancer center in New Mexico designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).<ref>{{Cite web|title=NCI-Designated Cancer Centers|url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers|date=April 5, 2012|website=National Cancer Institute}}</ref> To receive this designation, cancer centers must be leaders in scientific research, cancer treatment, and clinical trials, among other requirements laid out by the NCI.<ref name="auto" /> The application process to be awarded this designation occurs once every five years, with the most current one being in 2020 for the UNMCCC.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{Cite web |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/627214/unm-cancer-centers-gets-top-federal-designation.html |title=UNM Cancer Center lands top federal designation |date=August 12, 2015 |website=Albuquerque Journal}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers |title=NCI-Designated Cancer Centers|date=April 5, 2012|website=National Cancer Institute}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers/find/newmexicocrtc|title=University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center|date=August 24, 2015|website=National Cancer Institute}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascopost.com/issues/september-25-2015/nci-awards-huntsman-cancer-institute-university-of-new-mexico-cancer-center-comprehensive-cancer-center-designations/|title=NCI Awards Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of New Mexico Cancer Center Comprehensive Cancer Center Designations - The ASCO Post|website=www.ascopost.com}}

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