Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre
Working with researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Scotland Centre focus on cancers that profoundly affect people in Scotland, and cancers in which we have a growing expertise. Our vision is to translate innovative, scientific findings into patient benefit.
What we're working on
The Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Scotland Centre is funded by Cancer Research UK and is a partnership across over 80 teams. Our scientists work closely with the Glasgow and Edinburgh Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres and CRUK Clinical Trials Unit and benefit from unprecedented access to the two largest cancer treatment centres for patients in Scotland, the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and the Western General Hospital.
Using vast datasets from Scottish cancer patients, spanning the whole cancer journey from screening and diagnosis to treatment. We draw on our considerable expertise in the biology of early disease, cancer metabolism, tumour microenvironment and metastasis.
The Centre is led by:
Research themes
We invest in infrastructure in the local research space, boosting our scientific agenda, which is directed at six tumour-focused themes:
Working for the future
Underpinning our six tumour-related research strands, we have created an additional "data theme".
We aim to develop a translational pipeline where fundamental discoveries are fed through preclinical models and trials, and ultimately into the establishment of a clinical research programme. In doing so, we will create an infrastructure that enables the management and sharing of data across the Centre and beyond.
