At Cambridge Cancer, our vision is to change the way we detect and treat cancer.
Rewriting the story of cancer
Cambridge Cancer is to transform outcomes for millions of people across the globe.
It will combine world-class expertise and cutting-edge research from:
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre
- The University of Cambridge.
We will literally bring the bench to the bedside and rewrite the story of cancer.
Our vision
We pay a high price for the missed opportunities to prevent, detect and treat cancer. Unnecessary suffering, fear, lack of hope and time wasted on interventions that won’t work.
Meanwhile, the economic cost of cancer treatments is rising by the year.
I believe we have this at our fingertips: the capacity to extend life and eradicate cancer. But it will take a special place and that place is Cambridge. It will take a special resource and that is Cambridge Cancer.
Richard Gilbertson Head of Oncology, University of Cambridge / Director of Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre
Our new hospital will sit on Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Our campus is home to some of the largest global organisations in life sciences.
We'll use real-time data from patients currently receiving treatment. Personalised precision medicine based on patients' DNA will improve care for future generations.
Our new building will be 25,000 m2 and will combine clinical space with two new research institutes. We plan to fulfil the ambitions set out in the government's Life Science Strategy and the NHS Long Term Plan.
We'll create the ideal environment to deliver ground-breaking results focussing on:
- preventing cancer
- finding it early
- developing new treatments.
Read more on the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital website (opens in a new tab).