In the past 30 years scientists have made huge strides in understanding the origins of cancer and developing more targeted, effective cures.

As one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world, The Princess Margaret has assembled a powerhouse of researchers and clinicians dedicated to finding a cure.

With our multidisciplinary team, and world-renowned clinical trial program, we are accelerating the translation of laboratory discoveries to patient therapy.

Our goal is to move from the current standard of cancer care consisting of generic therapies to more personalized cancer medicine that involves novel therapeutics and customized treatments for each patient.

How do we get there?

• Complete sample collection tied to full clinical data for each patient
• Comprehensive molecular characterization of each tumour
• Better tumour models
• Find the “Achilles heel” of each tumour
• New therapeutic agents and better ways to deliver them

What do we need to get there?

• World class, high content tumour bank
• State-of-the-art Advanced Molecular Profiling Laboratory (AMPL)
• Tumour xenograft core
• New Programs in:
  • tumour metabolism
  • epithelial biology
  • systems/computational biology
  • chemical biology