Reasons to Give

Research

Every day Mayo Clinic researchers and physicians translate discoveries from the research lab into innovative therapies for patients. New therapies are tested and evaluated through clinical trials. Information from patients – in the form of collective medical records, statistics and tissue samples – becomes the basis for new laboratory research. In turn, all of this knowledge is shared with Mayo staff, Mayo students and with cancer researchers around the world through Mayo Clinic's medical education and publications.

Resources

Mayo's research community includes more than 1,700 Ph.D. and M.D. researchers across the whole spectrum of medical disciplines. World-renowned cancer researchers choose to work at Mayo Clinic because of Mayo's high standing in the scientific community as manifested in grants, publications and scientific discoveries.

Mayo's research archive of tissue samples and correlating medical records represents more than five million patients. It is an invaluable resource for conducting cancer research and one that no other institution in the world can match.

Recognition

Mayo Clinic's approach to cancer research and treatment has earned it the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, signifying that Mayo is among the top echelon of cancer centers in the country. In addition, NCI has named Mayo Clinic Cancer Center a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) center for research in brain cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, myeloma and lymphoma.