Edinburgh and Dundee

Edinburgh ECMC

The new Edinburgh-Dundee ECMC will provide a world-leading pathway from clinic/theatre to bench and back again involving all stages of cancer research. The collaboration between Edinburgh and Dundee CR-UK Cancer Centres will strengthen current priority areas whilst making significant inroads into other disease areas by making the essential core expertise and facilities more widely available.

Clinical Focus Area

  • Breast, Colorectal, Skin & Ovarian Cancers
  • Neoadjuvant/peri-operative therapy
  • Surgery
  • Radiotherapy
  • Imaging (PET-CT, fMRI)
  • Screening studies
 

Scientific Focus Area

  • Intervention studies with paired tissue samples and imaging
  • Systems Biology applied to Medicine
  • Prevention (particularly colorectal cancer)
  • High risk gene profiling

 

Disease Focus Area

Bladder Brain Breast Colorectal
Kidney Melanoma Oesophageal Ovarian
Pancreatic Prostate Skin Relevant to all cancer types
 

Goals

Goals

For further information on the goals and objectives of Edinburgh ECMC go to:

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Skills

Skills

Edinburgh ECMC principal investigators and staff have a range of skills and expertise.

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Facilities

Facilities

Edinburgh ECMC has access to a range of research facilities that are utilised in studies.

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