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Here are the West Coast hospitals that consistently show up at the top of the latest (2025–26) U.S. News cancer specialty rankings, with their national rank and location: California UCSF Health – UCSF Medical Center — #7 (San Francisco). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center (Helen Diller). Becker's Hospital Review +1 Stanford Health Care – Stanford Hospital — #9 (Palo Alto). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 City of Hope — #10 (tie) (Duarte). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 UCLA Medical Center (Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center) — #13 (Los Angeles). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — #18 (Los Angeles). (Not an NCI-designated center, but highly ranked for cancer care.) Becker's Hospital Review USC Norris Cancer Hospital (Keck Medicine of USC) — #25 (Los Angeles). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health — #41 (San Diego/La Jolla). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 Oregon OHSU Knight Cancer Institute — #27 (tie) (Portland). NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Becker's Hospital Review +1 Washington Fred Hutch Cancer Center (with UW Medicine & Seattle Children’s) — #35 (tie) (Seattle). Part of the NCI-designated Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium (Comprehensive). Becker's Hospital Review +1 How to choose among them Match by cancer type & trials. For example, some centers have especially deep programs for specific cancers and access to early-phase trials—check each center’s disease-specific clinics and active trials. Consider logistics. Travel, insurance contracts, and whether you’ll need inpatient vs. outpatient services can tilt the decision. If you tell me the cancer type, stage, and where you can travel, I’ll tailor this to the best programs (surgical, medical, radiation, and trials) and share the right clinic links.