Colour To Conquer

Transforming Cancer Care

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world.

Our mission is to enable Future Care Now by raising funds that accelerate cancer research, education and clinical care benefiting patients at The Princess Margaret, across Canada and around the world. Personalized cancer medicine is at the heart of our vision. Further research into genomics and immunotherapy is taking personalized cancer medicine to the next level.

Your involvement in fundraising campaigns like Colour To Conquer accelerates the life-saving work at The Princess Margaret. Together, we will Conquer Cancer In Our Lifetime.

CANADA

Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.*

As one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is committed to transforming cancer care through discovery research and clinical innovations that set new standards of care for Canada and the world.

*Source: Canadian Cancer Society

World-Leading Clinical Trials Program

The Princess Margaret is home to one of the world's largest and most highly skilled cancer clinical trials programs. One in six patients are on a clinical trial and there are over 700 active clinical trials a year.

Our cancer centre is the only non-U.S. site chosen to be part of the Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network funded by the U.S. NCI.

Recognized Global Centre of Excellence

We are proud that Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is the only Canadian cancer institution among six global cancer centres selected by GlaxoSmithKline as a preferred centre of excellence to expedite translation of scientific knowledge into laboratory research and clinical trials.

Our Scale

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is the largest cancer research and clinical program in Canada. We treat over 17,700 new patients a year and over 1,400 patients visit the cancer centre daily. 3,000 employees are involved in our patient care and research programs:

We are the only research and comprehensive treatment centre devoted exclusively to cancer in Canada.
Our research enterprise is comprised of over 850 research staff, including: 64 senior scientists, 293 clinical researchers and scientists, as well as 194 research trainees.
We run the world's largest single-site radiation medicine program.
We have the largest surgical oncology team in Canada and one of the largest in the world.
We have one of the largest stem cell transplant units in Canada.

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