Institute of Cancer Research

Institute of Cancer Research

Research institute in London, England

The Institute of Cancer Research is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Marsden Hospital and joined the University of London in 2003. It has been responsible for a number of breakthrough discoveries, including that the basic cause of cancer is damage to DNA.

Also known as...The Institute of Cancer Research, London University Institute of Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, and ICR
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