Fact Sheet
Yale Cancer Center delivers the highest quality patient-centered care, achieves breakthrough discoveries, and trains the future leaders in cancer science and medicine.
Research Excellence at Yale Cancer Center
- Celebrating 50 years as Connecticut's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
- More than 300 cancer researchers on faculty
- 338,000 square feet of research space
- #4 in National Institutes of Health funding (YSM)
- #23 in National Cancer Institute funding (YU)
- $96 M (direct) in cancer research funding
- $29 M (direct) in funding from the National Cancer Institute
- 102 National Cancer Institute funded projects
- 17 members of the National Academy of Sciences
- 22 members of the National Academy of Medicine
- 5 Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
- 2940 cancer research publications; 41% in high impact journals (Aug 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2023)
Patient Care at Smilow Cancer Hospital
- The only comprehensive cancer facility in the Northeast, bringing together both inpatient and outpatient care in one hospital.
- Connecticut's largest provider of cancer care - treating more than 48% of the approximately 20,000 patients diagnosed with cancer annually in the state.
- 13 multidisciplinary cancer centers of excellence
- 15 locations providing multidisciplinary cancer care in Connecticut and 1 in Westerly, Rhode Island
- ~ 450 oncology nurses on staff, more than 300 certified nurses
- More than 300 open clinical trials providing the most advanced cancer therapies, including a state-of-the-art Phase I Clinical Trials Infusion Unit for patients on phase I trials.
- Specialty services at all locations - survivorship care, social work, prevention education, tobacco treatment, integrative medicine, pain management, onco-dermatology, cardio-oncology, support groups, cancer boutique, psycho-oncology, sexuality, intimacy and menopause support, exercise & nutrition support, and integrative medicine services such as therapeutic massage, relaxation imagery, Reiki touch, yoga, pet visitation, and art expression.
Cancer Care, Close to Home
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Derby
350 Seymour Avenue, Suite 6
Derby, CT 06418 • 203-734-1664
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Fairfield
111 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 • 203-255-2766
• Smilow Cancer Hospital at Glastonbury
31 Sycamore Street, Suite 202
Glastonbury, CT 06033 • 860-714-9170
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Greenwich
77 Lafayette Place, Suite 301
Greenwich, CT 06830 • 203-863-3700
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Guilford
Yale New Haven Shoreline Medical Center
111 Goose Lane, Suite 1300
Guilford, CT 06437 • 203-453-9192
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Hamden
2080 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06516 • 203-867-5622
• Smilow Cancer Hospital at Saint Francis
Saint Francis Campus
114 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105 • 860-714-4680
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at North Haven
6 Devine Street
North Haven, CT 06473 • 203-407-8002
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Orange
Spring Brook Common
240 Indian River Road, Building A, Suite 1A
Orange, CT 06477 • 203-795-1664
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Stamford
260 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06092 • 203-863-3700
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Torrington
200 Kennedy Drive
Torrington, CT 06790 • 860-482-5384
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Trumbull
Park Avenue Medical Center
5520 Park Avenue, Garden Level
Trumbull, CT 06611 • 203-502-8400
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Waterbury
1075 Chase Parkway, Suite B
Waterbury, CT 06708 • 203-755-6311
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Waterford
230 Waterford Parkway South
Waterford, CT 06385 • 860-444-3744
• Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Westerly (Rhode Island)
25 Wells Street, 2nd Floor
Westerly, RI 02891 • 401-656-4950
Yale Cancer Center is supported in part by NIH Research Grant, No. P30CA016359, from the National Cancer Institute.