# University College London Hospitals / UCL Cancer Institute

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## TL;DR

Central London's university hospital and one of two NHS proton beam therapy centres, backed by UCL's cancer institute and its CAR-T and lung cancer evolution research.

## Summary

UCLH runs one of the UK's largest cancer services, including the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, a national proton beam therapy centre that opened in 2021, and a teenage and young adult cancer unit. The UCL Cancer Institute hosts the TRACERx lung cancer evolution study with the Francis Crick Institute under Charles Swanton, Martin Pule's CAR-T engineering group that spun out Autolus, and Sergio Quezada's work on clonal neoantigen T-cell therapy behind Achilles Therapeutics. The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL coordinated the STAMPEDE prostate cancer platform trial and the Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre runs many national trials. UCLH is also a major site for lung screening studies and adult ALL cell therapy.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: UCLH; UCL Cancer Institute; UCLH Proton Beam Therapy Centre
- City: London, GB
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/cancer-services

## Sources

- UCLH cancer services: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/cancer-services
- UCL Cancer Institute: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer
- Proton beam therapy: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/cancer-services/proton-beam-therapy
- PTCOG: particle therapy facilities in operation: https://www.ptcog.site/index.php/facilities-in-operation-public

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/all-leukemia/), [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Lung cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/lung-cancer/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- fronts: [Cell Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/cell-therapy/), [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- technologies: [CAR-T cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/car-t/), [Focused ultrasound & histotripsy](https://onco.cc/technologies/hifu-histotripsy/), [Gamma Knife](https://onco.cc/technologies/gamma-knife/), [Liquid biopsy (ctDNA)](https://onco.cc/technologies/liquid-biopsy/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/), [Stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife, CyberKnife, linac SRS)](https://onco.cc/technologies/radiosurgery-srs/), [TIL therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/til-therapy/), [Whole-exome & whole-genome sequencing](https://onco.cc/technologies/wes-wgs/)
- institutions: [AMMF, the Cholangiocarcinoma Charity](https://onco.cc/institutions/ammf/), [Barts Cancer Institute / Barts Health NHS Trust](https://onco.cc/institutions/barts-cancer-institute/), [Cancer Research UK](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/), [Cancer Research UK City of London Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk-city-of-london-centre/), [Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children](https://onco.cc/institutions/great-ormond-street/), [North Central London Cancer Alliance](https://onco.cc/institutions/north-central-london-cancer-alliance/), [The Francis Crick Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/francis-crick/)
- terms: [Basket, umbrella, and platform trials](https://onco.cc/terms/basket-umbrella-platform/), [Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)](https://onco.cc/terms/ctdna/), [Neoantigen](https://onco.cc/terms/neoantigen/)
- trials: [ABC-07](https://onco.cc/trials/abc-07/), [ABC-12](https://onco.cc/trials/abc-12/), [EUROPAC](https://onco.cc/trials/europac/), [FOCUS4](https://onco.cc/trials/focus4/), [FoRT](https://onco.cc/trials/fort/), [Hemithoracic irradiation with proton therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma (UCL)](https://onco.cc/trials/ucl-proton-hemithoracic-mpm/), [HERIZON-BTC-01](https://onco.cc/trials/herizon-btc-01/), [Lung-SEARCH](https://onco.cc/trials/lungsearch/), [PATCH (Prostate Adenocarcinoma Transcutaneous Hormone)](https://onco.cc/trials/patch-transdermal-oestradiol/), [Precision-Panc](https://onco.cc/trials/precision-panc/), [PROMIS](https://onco.cc/trials/promis/), [QUARTZ](https://onco.cc/trials/quartz/), [RADICALS-HD](https://onco.cc/trials/radicals-hd/), [RADICALS-RT](https://onco.cc/trials/radicals-rt/), [SAFIR-ABC10](https://onco.cc/trials/safir-abc10/), [SEVILLA](https://onco.cc/trials/sevilla/), [STAMPEDE](https://onco.cc/trials/stampede/), [SUMMIT (lung health check study)](https://onco.cc/trials/summit-lung/), [TARGIT-A (targeted intraoperative radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/trials/targit-a/), [TRACERx](https://onco.cc/trials/tracerx/), [TRANSFORM](https://onco.cc/trials/transform-prostate/)
- people: [Caroline Moore](https://onco.cc/people/caroline-moore/), [Charles Swanton](https://onco.cc/people/charles-swanton/), [David Probert](https://onco.cc/people/david-probert/), [Gerhardt Attard](https://onco.cc/people/gerhardt-attard/), [John Bridgewater](https://onco.cc/people/john-bridgewater/), [Jonathan A. Ledermann](https://onco.cc/people/jonathan-ledermann/), [Mahesh K. B. Parmar](https://onco.cc/people/mahesh-parmar/), [Mark Emberton](https://onco.cc/people/mark-emberton/), [Mary McCormack](https://onco.cc/people/mary-mccormack/), [Nicholas James](https://onco.cc/people/nicholas-james/), [Usha Menon](https://onco.cc/people/usha-menon/)
- collections: [UK specialist HPB cancer centres](https://onco.cc/collections/uk-hpb-specialist-centres/)
- key papers: [PROMIS: diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric MRI and TRUS biopsy in prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-ahmed-promis-multiparametric-mri-lancet-2017/)
- companies: [MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL](https://onco.cc/companies/mrc-ctu/)

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