Scope of Research - About Us - The Campbell Family Institute Cancer Research

A World Leader

The Campbell Family Institute at The Princess Margaret is a world leader in basic science as well as translational science where new discoveries are implemented in the clinic. This depth of expertise has resulted in a clinical research powerhouse that has:

Over 30 percent of new patients enrolled in clinical trials
350 on-going clinical trials, involving over 7,000 patients
A drug development program that is the only non-U.S. facility to receive both a Phase I grant and a Phase II contract from the U.S. National Cancer Institute

Basic Science Research

Cancer and normal stem cells
Signal transduction
Cancer genomics/proteomics/informatics
Tumour metabolism (including hypoxia)
Molecular imaging/GTx

Translational Science Research

Breast density linked to increased breast cancer risk
Paradigm-changing studies in lung cancer treatment
Development and implementation of image-guided targeted XRT