The German
Cancer Research Center is a national
cancer research center based in Heidelberg, Germany. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, the largest scientific organization in Germany. The establishment of a national
cancer research center in Germany was initiated by Heidelberg surgeon Professor Karl Heinrich Bauer. The DKFZ was set up in 1964 by resolution of the State government of Baden-Wuerttemberg as a foundation under public law. In 1975, the Center became a member of the Association of National Research Centers.
More than 450,000 people develop
cancer every year in Germany. This disease presents particular challenges to research. Because
cancer is not equal to cancer, and even from patient to patient the disease often runs differently. The German
Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany and a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, according to its statutes , the task of carrying out
cancer research. Our more than 3,000 employees, including over 1,200 scientists, are researching into more than 90 departments and working groups such as
cancer emerges, capture
cancer risk factors and look for strategies that prevent, That people develop
cancer. They are developing new approaches to more accurately diagnose tumors and treat
cancer patients more successfully.
A special award in 2008 was the award of the Nobel Prize in
Medicine to Prof. Harald zur Hausen . He had discovered that
human papillomaviruses (HPV) trigger cervical
cancer. In 2014 the second DKFZ scientist received the Nobel Prize with Prof. Stefan W. Hell. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his "development of high-resolution fluorescence microscopy". The employees of the
cancer information service (KID) clarify the affected persons, relatives and interested citizens about the national disease
cancer. 90 percent of the Center is funded by the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research and 10 percent by the state of Baden- Württemberg.
The AGF was transformed into the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers in 1995. The Center has also been a member of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) since 1977. A result of successful cooperation of the German
Cancer Research Center with other partners is the first new building for "The National Center for
Tumor Diseases" (NCT) in Heidelberg. The project was commissioned by the German
Cancer Aid with 29 Million Euro, as it was officially announced at the opening celebration on November 2, 2010 with Germany’s Minister of Health, Dr. Philipp Roesler (Berlin).
Last Updated on: Nov 26, 2024