Annual Research Report 2000

The Annual Research Report is a joint publication with our partner The Royal Marsden NHS Trust Foundation. The report includes in depth reviews of exciting developments in selected areas of research.

Contents of the Research Review:

• Introduction from our Chairman
• Chief Executives' Review
• Income & Expenditure; Staff Numbers
• Looking back, but always ahead
• Academic Dean's Report -
• Education, Teaching and Training
• Technology Transfer Report - The Institute Enterprise Unit

Introduction 490KB

Research Themes:

Breast Cancer 69KB

Including contributions from:

• The Royal Marsden Breast Unit
• The Royal Marsden/The Institute Academic Department of Biochemistry
• The Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre

Cancer Diagnosis and Imaging Research 309KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute/The Royal Marsden Joint Department of Physics
• Cancer Research UK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research Group
• The Royal Marsden Academic and Service Departments of Diagnostic Radiology
• The Royal Marsden Department of Nuclear Medicine
• The Royal Marsden Anatomical Pathology Department

Cancer Genetics 52KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute Section of Cancer Genetics

Cancer Therapeutics 314KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute Section of Cancer Therapeutics
  including Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics
  and The Royal Marsden Clinical Pharmacology Unit
• The Institute Section of Cell and Molecular Biology
  including Cancer Research UK Centre for Molecular Biology
• The Institute Section of Gene Function and Regulation
• The Royal Marsden/The institute Section of Medicine
  including contributions from
• The Royal Marsden Gastrointestinal Cancer Unit
• The Royal Marsden Gynaecological Cancer Unit
• The Royal Marsden Lung Cancer Unit
• The Royal Marsden Skin Cancer and Melanoma Unit
• The Royal Marsden Sarcoma Unit
• The Institute Section of Structural Biology
  including Cancer Research UK Biomolecular Structure Unit

Haematological Cancers 180KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute/The Royal Marsden Academic Department of Haematology and Cytogenetics
• LRF Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology of Leukaemia
• The Royal Marsden Haemato-Oncology Unit
  Lymphoma Unit, Leukaemia Unit and Myeloma Unit

Healthcare Research and Screening 139KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies
• The Institute Section of Epidemiology
  including the Department of Health Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit
• The Royal Marsden Directorate of Nursing, Rehabilitation and Quality Assurance
• The Royal Marsden Department of Palliative Medicine and Pain Clinic
• The Royal Marsden Psychological Medicine and Psychological Research Group

Molecular Pathology 51KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis

Paediatric Oncology 55KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute/Cancer Research UK Section of Paediatric Oncology
  including The Royal Marsden Children's Cancer Unit

Radiotherapy and Oncology 246KB

Including contributions from:

• The Institute/The Royal Marsden Joint Department of Physics
• The Institute/The Royal Marsden Section of Radiotherapy
• The Royal Marsden Department of Radiotherapy
• The Institute Radiotherapy Research Laboratory
• The Royal Marsden Head and Neck Cancer Unit
• The Royal Marsden Neuro-oncological Cancer Unit
• The Royal Marsden Thyroid and Isotope Treatment Unit

Urological and Testicular Cancers 70KB

Including contributions from:

• The Royal Marsden Urology and Testicular Cancer Unit
• The Institute/The Royal Marsden Section of Radiotherapy
• The Institute Section of Cancer Genetics
• The Institute Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis The Institute/The Royal Marsden Joint Department of Physics