"Cancer Research UK's Liverpool Centre will provide medical experts with the facility to carry out pioneering research that will enable them to increase their understanding of cancers and research better treatments with fewer side effects."
Darren Hurrell, chief executive
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust
The Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre - the second centre to launch in our Centres programme - will set the pace for national and international progress in pancreatic, head and neck, and blood cancers. It will also concentrate on pioneering the latest techniques in surgery, radiotherapy and the treatment of children's cancers.
Collaboration is the key to the success of this virtual Centre, a partnership between the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Clatterbridge Centre of Oncology NHS Trust, the University of Liverpool, the Liverpool City Council, the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Task Force, and Cancer Research UK.
It aims to be a world leader in developing treatments tailored to individual cancer patients based on understanding the biology of the disease and how that varies among patients. Researchers will also be focusing on a better understanding of how cancers start and behave, developing more effective treatments with fewer side effects, and tackling cancer in low-income communities where survival is lowest.
Cancer Research UK already supports research in Liverpool but is set to increase its contribution to around £3m a year to help develop the Centre. The launch of the Centre is an integral part in fulfilling our 5-year research strategy.
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