Groups Archive - NCRI

The NCRI Groups bring the cancer research community together to develop practice-changing research, from basic to clinical research and across all cancer types. We work to improve the scientific understanding of cancer, develop cancer treatments and to lessen symptoms and improve the quality of life for cancer patients. Our groups are thought leaders that set and drive the UK research agenda, particularly in strategic, cross-cutting areas of unmet need.

We identify the most pressing issues to form the groups priority areas. Working on a three-year cycle, we ensure that our priorities are relevant to patients and consider any developments in cancer research. We follow a bottom-up approach to develop our priority areas by engaging with the broad membership of our network and NCRI Partners, government bodies, funders and international organisations. Through this process, we identify the key challenges the community is facing and the key questions the community needs to address to benefit patients.

Each group tackles their priority areas by forming time-limited working groups that allow them to adapt to the changing research landscape, addressing their priority areas in a targeted manner. When one working group finishes, capacity is transferred to a new working group ready to tackle the next priority area.

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Bladder & Renal Group

The NCRI Bladder & Renal Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known…

Brain Group

The NCRI Brain Group is a multi-disciplinary community of researchers and consumers focused on clinical and translational issues relating to…

Breast Group

The NCRI Breast Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Children’s Group

The NCRI Children’s Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Colorectal Group

The NCRI Colorectal Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst many…

Gynaecological Group

The NCRI Gynaecological Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Haematological Oncology Group

The NCRI Haematological Oncology Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’),…

Head & Neck Group

The NCRI Head & Neck Group is a multi-disciplinary community of researchers and consumers focused on clinical and translational issues…

Living With & Beyond Cancer Group

The NCRI LWBC Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst many others,…

Lung Group

The NCRI Lung Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Lymphoma Group

The NCRI Lymphoma Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Pathology Group

The NCRI Pathology Group is a multi-disciplinary community of researchers and consumers dedicated to changing the way pathologists engage with,…

Prostate Group

The NCRI Prostate Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Radiotherapy Group

The NCRI Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group (CTRad) was launched in 2009 to focus on clinical and translational…

Sarcoma Group

The NCRI Sarcoma Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Screening, Prevention & Early Diagnosis Group

The NCRI Screening, Prevention & Early Diagnosis (SPED) Group facilitates and aids the development of protocols for studies involving screening,…

Skin Group

The NCRI Skin Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…

Teenage and Young Adult & Germ Cell Tumours Group

The NCRI Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) and Germ Cell Tumours (GCT) Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and…

Upper Gastrointestinal Group

The NCRI Upper Gastrointestinal Group brings together clinicians, scientists and patients, carers and others affected by cancer (also known as ‘consumers’), amongst…