Wales Cancer Research Centre

The Wales Cancer Research Centre performs and supports research of the highest quality, from the lab bench through to the patient’s bedside and into the community. It works to improve outcomes for patients at every step from early diagnosis through treatment to survivorship and end-of-life care, with an emphasis on both increasing cures and maintaining quality of life. The Wales Cancer Research Centre’s primary focus is on areas of clinical need for the benefit of patients and the public. 

It continues to build a sustainable cancer research community that reaches out beyond the borders of Wales to make a unique contribution to the global effort to reduce the burden of cancer. The Wales Cancer Research Centre is developing new interventions to improve outcomes for patients both within NHS Wales, but also through other healthcare services world-wide.

People and community links:

Professor Mererid Evans - Director Wales Cancer Research Centre

In the news:

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2023 (April 2023)

How the research community in Wales is changing lives in 2023 (February 2023)

Public Involvement in Research Impact Toolkit (PIRIT) (February 2023)

New roadmap unveiled to boost cancer research for patients across Wales (July 2022)

Welsh researchers to help develop app that could improve quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients (June 2022)

Attack of the T cells (December 2020)

Cutting-edge brain tumour treatment made available in Wales (November 2020)

£44 million investment in health and social care research in Wales (October 2020)

Integration of Liquid Biopsy into Lung Cancer Diagnostic Pathway. (December 2022 - September 2024) - Funded project