DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute at the University of Mannheim

The DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at Mannheim University Medical Center was established in 2019 in the frame of a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Mannheim University Hospital, and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University with generous support from the Hector Foundation II. The aim is to concentrate expertise in cancer research and cancer medicine in order to accelerate the transfer of results from oncological laboratory research to patient care (translation) and make findings from everyday clinical practice utilizable for cancer research (reverse translation). In addition to a focus on the personalised treatment of cancer, cancer prevention research, including cancer survivorship, is being established as a second focus of the DKFZ Hector cancer institute. This research helps to prevent cancer, detect it at an early stage and promote the quality of life and health literacy of cancer survivors.