About the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute

Why Choose Northside Hospital Cancer Institute?

Our Vast Network

• We are Georgia’s largest cancer network and one of the largest community cancer networks in the nation.
• We have the most board-certified medical oncologists in Georgia. 

Our Commitment to Quality

• In 2022, our Blood & Marrow Transplant Program was the only program in the U.S. to exceed predicted allogeneic transplant survival rates for 14 consecutive years (2009-22).
• U.S. News & World Report recognized Northside Hospital Atlanta as a 2022-2023 High Performing Hospital for Cancer. 
• We are accredited as an Integrated Network Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC).
• Seven of our radiation oncology locations have obtained full Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation (ROPA) from the American College of Radiology.
• Northside Hospital Atlanta holds a Disease-Specific Care Certification for lung cancer from The Joint Commission® for health care quality and has maintained the certification for four consecutive surveys.

Our Research Leadership

• We have one of the largest community-based oncology research networks in the nation and are one of a few community cancer programs in the country offering Phase I-IV clinical trials.
• Northside Hospital leads the statewide National Cancer Institute Oncology Research Program (GA NCORP).
• One of 29 U.S. biorepositories for the National Institute of Health Cancer Moonshot Biobank℠ Program.

Our World-Class Cancer Expertise

Our elite team of experts treat ALL types of cancer ― from the most common tumors to rare and complex malignancies.

Blood Cancers

• The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital Cancer Institute is one of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the Southeast and has among the best survival rates in the nation for allogeneic blood and marrow transplants.

Brain Tumors

• We are among the top 15% of programs in the nation for Gamma Knife® procedures.
  

Breast Cancer

• We are among the largest breast cancer programs in the country and one of the nation’s leading providers of breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services.

Colorectal Cancer

• We are among the top colorectal programs in Georgia.
• U.S. News & World Report recognized Northside Hospital Atlanta and Northside Hospital Gwinnett as 2022-2023 High Performing Hospitals for Colon Cancer Surgery. This is Northside Hospital Atlanta’s sixth year in a row receiving this distinction and Northside Hospital Gwinnett’s third year.

Gynecologic Cancers

• We are a high-volume center for the diagnosis and/or treatment of gynecologic cancers.
• U.S. News & World Report recognized Northside Hospital Atlanta as 2022-2023 a High Performing Hospital for Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Surgery.
  

Head & Neck Cancers

• We have the only comprehensive community-based Head & Neck Caner Program in Georgia.

Hepatobiliary Cancers

• We are a high-volume center for the diagnosis and/or treatment of liver and pancreatic cancers.

Lung Cancer

• U.S. News & World Report recognized Northside Hospital Atlanta and Northside Hospital Forsyth as 2022-2023 High Performing Hospitals for Lung Cancer Surgery. This is Northside Hospital Atlanta’s fifth year in a row receiving this distinction.
• Northside Hospital Atlanta has been designated a GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer Care Continuum Center of Excellence (CCCOE).

Melanoma

• Our Melanoma Program is among the top programs in the state.

Prostate & Urologic Cancers

• U.S. News & World Report recognized Northside Hospital Atlanta as a 2022-2023 High Performing Hospital for Prostate Cancer Surgery. 
• Our Prostate and Urologic Program is among the top programs in Georgia.
• We are a high-volume center for the diagnosis and/or treatment of bladder cancer.