Research Centres

Centre Antoine Lacassagne is a prominent cancer center specializing in innovative treatments and translational research in oncology.

The Champalimaud Clinical Centre (CCC) is a state-of-the-art centre for science, medicine and technology, belonging to the Champalimaud Foundation.

Erasmus Medical Centre (Erasmus MC) Cancer Institute, part of the Erasmus University academic hospital in Rotterdam, Netherlands, has an international reputation for cancer research.

The European Institute of Oncology is an independent, non-profit foundation for cancer research and treatment.

The Gustaf Werner Institute was a nuclear physics research facility founded in 1949 in the historic university town of Uppsala, Sweden.

The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), situated on the Utrecht Science Park.

Institut Curie, located in Paris, is one of the world’s leading centres for research, treatment, and education in cancer.

Gustave Roussy is a leading comprehensive cancer centre situated in Villejuif, Paris. It has a long history of innovation in cancer treatment, particularly in radiation oncology, haematology and immunology.

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is a world leading research centre in the UK located in Chelsea, London and Sutton, Surrey.

The Institut Jules Bordet, located in Brussels, Belgium, is an internationally renowned center dedicated to cancer care, research, and education.

The Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science (German Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften) was a German scientific institution established in 1911 in Berlin-Dahlem.

Radiumhemmet is a leading centre for non-surgical cancer treatment and radiotherapy research institution that is part of the Karolinska Institute, and is located in Solna, just north of Stockholm.

The MRC was founded in 1913 as Medical Research Committee and Advisory Council, with the aim of properly distributing research funds in the UK.

The Naples Zoological Station were founded in March 1872 by the German zoologist Anton Dohrn, born in Stettin, in Pomerania, now part of Poland.

The Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan (INT) is the largest comprehensive cancer center in Italy. Since his birth this Institution has aimed to provide the highest standard of patient care, while pursuing preclinical and clinical research.

The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the main research and hospital centre focused on tumours in the Netherlands.

The Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI) is a non-surgical cancer centre covering the needs of the population in the Southern, Italian speaking, part of Switzerland.

Oslo University Hospital (Oslo universitetssykehus) is Norway’s largest and most comprehensive medical institution, formed in 2009 through the merger of Rikshospitalet, Ullevål University Hospital, Aker University Hospital, and the Radiumhospitalet.

Paul Brousse Hospital, located in Villejuif in the southern periphery of Paris, played a key role in the development of cancer care and research in France, although it is now known mainly as a national centre for liver transplants.

The Royal Marsden is a leading comprehensive cancer centre in the UK, located at two sites, in Chelsea, London and Sutton, Surrey. It was the first hospital in the world dedicated to both the study and treatment of cancer.

San Martino Polyclinic Hospital in Genoa, the capital of Italy’s Liguria region, is one of the largest and most important hospital and research complexes in Europe.

The primary institutions in charge of APL protocols in Italy have been the Sapienza and later Tor Vergata Universities in Rome, all run by the GIMEMA Foundation (Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto), founded by Franco Mandelli in 1982.

The School of Health Sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is a prominent institution in Greece, established in 1837 as part of the university's founding.

One of the oldest specialist hospitals globally, is a leader in colorectal medicine and surgery.

St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in south London, England, established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy.

The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) was established in 2005 as a joint activity of the University of Groningen and the Academic Hospital Groningen (AZG).

The Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital comprises five entities, of which the Institute of Oncology (VHIO) was established in 2006 to conduct research on tumours.