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Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital
Northern Ireland's regional cancer centre, opened at Belfast City Hospital in 2006 and paired with Queen's University Belfast's Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research.
Also called: NICCBelfast Health and Social Care Trust
Overview
The Northern Ireland Cancer Centre opened in 2006 on the Belfast City Hospital site as the single regional centre for radiotherapy and specialist cancer treatment for Northern Ireland's population, run by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. It provides radiotherapy, systemic therapy, haematology and clinical trials, and is linked with the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen's University Belfast, whose research in colorectal and prostate cancer, DNA damage response and digital pathology feeds the centre's Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and the Northern Ireland Biobank.
Location
Belfast, GB
Type
cancer center · Queen's University Belfast
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#480 · 8 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 8 from 4 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-16.
Matched to Belfast City Hospital, including child institutions. 41 works · 108 citations · 66% open access · 15% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
142022
62023
72024
102025
42026
Most works
- Gareth Irwin3 works
- Mariam Obeid2 works
- Antonio Facciorusso2 works
- Josh Courtney McMullan2 works
- L. Rajakumar2 works
- Erik J. Schoon2 works
- Olabode Oladipo2 works
- Giulio Antonelli2 works
- Philippa Kelsey2 works
- Lisa Rannaghan2 works
Most cited
- Regional radiotherapy centre
- Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
- Colorectal and prostate cancer research
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