German Cancer Research Center

TheGermanCancerResearchCenter(DeutschesKrebsforschungszentrum,DKFZ)withitsmorethan2,500employeesisthelargestbiomedicalresearchinstituteinGermany.AtDKFZ,morethan1,000scientistsinvestigatehowcancerdevelops,identifycancerriskfactorsandendeavortofindnewstrategiestopreventpeoplefromgettingcancer.Theydevelopnovelapproachestomaketumordiagnosismorepreciseandtreatmentofcancerpatientsmoresuccessful.ThestaffoftheCancerInformationService(KID)offersinformationaboutthewidespreaddiseaseofcancerforpatients,theirfamilies,andthegeneralpublic.JointlywithHeidelbergUniversityHospital,DKFZhasestablishedtheNationalCenterforTumorDiseases(NCT)Heidelberg,wherepromisingapproachesfromcancerresearcharetranslatedintotheclinic.IntheGermanConsortiumforTranslationalCancerResearch(DKTK),oneofsixGermanCentersforHealthResearch,DKFZmaintainstranslationalcentersatsevenuniversitypartneringsites.Combiningexcellentuniversityhospitalswithhigh-profileresearchataHelmholtzCenterisanimportantcontributiontoimprovingthechancesofcancerpatients.DKFZisamemberoftheHelmholtzAssociationofNationalResearchCenters,withninetypercentofitsfundingcomingfromtheGermanFederalMinistryofEducationandResearchandtheremainingtenpercentfromtheStateofBaden-Wrttemberg.