National Cancer Prevention Center
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Deutsche Krebshilfe have agreed to establish the National Cancer Prevention Center with a new building in Heidelberg as part of a long-term partnership. With the National Cancer Prevention Center, evidence-based and increasingly personalized cancer prevention will be systematically expanded throughout Germany with the involvement of further regional partners. All essential components from basic research to clinical trials, evidence-based counseling of the population in all age groups as well as education and training of prevention experts and multipliers will be bundled and integrated under one roof. Experts will develop evidence-based programs for prevention adapted to personal cancer risk and design campaigns to spread prevention awareness nationwide with the support of other partnerships. This integrated concept makes prevention research directly perceptible for the population, media and political decision-makers in a unique way and will lead to cancer prevention research finally receiving the elevated status it deserves in the future due to its high potential.
