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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Alvin J. Siteman<br>Cancer Center
| Location = [[St. Louis]]
| State = Missouri
| country = US
| Type = Specialist
| Speciality = [[Cancer]]
| Affiliation = [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]], [[Washington University School of Medicine]]
| Founded = 1999
| publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} [[MetroBus (St. Louis)|MetroBus]]<br>{{rint|light rail|1}} {{RouteBox|Red|Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)|red|white|bold=}} {{RouteBox|Blue|Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)|blue|white|bold=}}<br>At [[Central West End station]]
| Website = {{URL|http://www.siteman.wustl.edu}}
|}}
The '''Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center''' at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] and [[Washington University School of Medicine]] is a cancer treatment, research and education institution with six locations in the [[St. Louis]] area. Siteman is the only cancer center in [[Missouri]] and within 240 miles of St. Louis to be designated a [[Comprehensive Cancer Center]] by the [[National Cancer Institute]] (NCI).<ref>{{cite news | last = VandeWater | first = Judith | title = St. Louis cancer center achieves highest designation | newspaper = St. Louis Post-Dispatch | date = 4 January 2005 | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7767343_ITM | accessdate = 27 June 2012}}</ref> Siteman is also the only area member of the [[National Comprehensive Cancer Network]],<ref>{{cite web | title = NCCN Member Institutions | publisher = National Comprehensive Cancer Network | url= http://www.nccn.org/members/network.asp | accessdate = 27 March 2012 }}</ref> a nonprofit alliance of 32 cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of cancer care.<ref>{{cite news | title = Siteman joins cancer center alliance | newspaper = St. Louis Business Journal | date = 21 March 2006 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/03/20/daily21.html | accessdate = 29 June 2012}}</ref>
The '''Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center''' at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] and [[Washington University School of Medicine]] is a cancer treatment, research and education institution with six locations in the [[St. Louis]] area. Siteman is the only cancer center in [[Missouri]] and within 240 miles of St. Louis to be designated a [[Comprehensive Cancer Center]] by the [[National Cancer Institute]] (NCI).<ref>{{cite news | last = VandeWater | first = Judith | title = St. Louis cancer center achieves highest designation | newspaper = St. Louis Post-Dispatch | date = 4 January 2005 | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7767343_ITM | accessdate = 27 June 2012}}</ref> Siteman is also the only area member of the [[National Comprehensive Cancer Network]],<ref>{{cite web | title = NCCN Member Institutions | publisher = National Comprehensive Cancer Network | url= http://www.nccn.org/members/network.asp | accessdate = 27 March 2012 }}</ref> a nonprofit alliance of 32 cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of cancer care.<ref>{{cite news | title = Siteman joins cancer center alliance | newspaper = St. Louis Business Journal | date = 21 March 2006 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/03/20/daily21.html | accessdate = 29 June 2012}}</ref>