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The ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Cancer Research UK Centre, led by Professors Daniel Hochhauser and Henning Walczak, and ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳'s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC), led by Professors Tim Meyer and John Hartley, have successfully secured new funding as part of a £226 million UK investment announced by Cancer Research UK. 

Cancer Research UK Centres bring together research teams from universities, research institutions and NHS hospitals to focuses on translational research – getting cutting edge discoveries from the laboratory to patients and learning as much as possible from patients to initiate new research ideas and programmes.

One of 13 Cancer Research UK Centres, the ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Centre provides crucial support for translational cancer research and training at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ and its partner clinical institutions including ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳H, the Royal Free and Great Ormond Street Hospital. The renewed funding reflects ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳'s leading reputation and expertise in advancing world-class cancer research and clinical studies. 

×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳'s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) is one of 18 centres that form a UK-wide network that drives the discovery, development and testing of new anti-cancer treatments for patients - funded by Cancer Research UK and Departments of Health. 

×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ ECMC collaborates with centres across the ECMC network and throughout ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ and it's partner hospitals to progress clinical cancer research. The Centre supports a dedicated Clinical Research Facility (CRF) based at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳H where a medical team work together on a wide range of early phase clinical trials. 

Further information

• Cancer Research UK-×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Centre
• ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre

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