The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is a

cancer center Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bl ...

owned and operated by the University of Southern California (USC) through its

Keck School of Medicine The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California teaches and trains physicians, biomedical scientists and other healthcare professionals, conducts medical research, and treats patients. Founded in 1885, it is the second oldest ...

Kenneth True Norris Jr. Kenneth True Norris Jr. (August 16, 1930 – September 21, 1996) was an American industrialist and philanthropist who lived in Huntington Beach, California. Early life Norris was born August 16, 1930, in Los Angeles, California, to Kenneth True ...

provided the money to build the hospital after voters rejected a bond offering proposed by USC and Los Angeles County; the hospital opened in 1983.

Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a for-profit multinational healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, including United Surgical Partners International (U ...

acquired the center in 2003 and sold it, along with Keck Hospital of USC, to USC in 2009 for $275 million after three years of litigation between the parties.

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{{authority control Cancer organizations based in the United States Keck School of Medicine of USC Medical research institutes in California Hospitals in Los Angeles Hospitals established in 1973 1973 establishments in California NCI-designated cancer centers