Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre

Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre is a research department within the UCL Cancer Institute and is part of the Cancer Research UK Centre at UCL. We lead on the design, conduct and analysis of national and international cancer trials and other research projects. The CR UK & UCL CTC is a UKCRC registered Clinical Trials Unit and NCRI Cancer CTU group member recognised for its experience and expertise in the development and delivery of clinical trials and research projects about cancer. The Unit currently has more than 100 staff and is running between 100-120 trials. The care of patients on trials is provided by hospitals and clinics in the UK and abroad. The Cancer Trials Centre (CTC) has five key aims. These are: - To develop and conduct high quality trials to update clinical practice and improve outcomes for patients - To evaluate new ways of treating or detecting a wide variety of cancers using multi-modal approaches - To encourage and nurture national and international collaboration with other researchers in cancer - To translate laboratory innovations into clinical trials and generate new treatments - To train and develop a new generation of cancer clinical trials specialists