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University Medical Center Groningen Comprehensive Cancer Center
The university hospital of the northern Netherlands, home of the country's first proton therapy centre and accredited by OECI as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Also called: UMCGUMCG Cancer Center
Overview
The University Medical Center Groningen is the academic hospital of the University of Groningen and the tertiary cancer centre for the northern Netherlands. Its Comprehensive Cancer Center integrates medical oncology, radiotherapy, haematology, surgical oncology, paediatric oncology and molecular imaging, and it opened the first proton therapy centre in the Netherlands in 2018. UMCG is known for molecular imaging with radiolabelled antibodies and drugs (immuno-PET), for lung and breast cancer research, for radiotherapy model-based selection, and for large-scale population research through the Lifelines cohort. It is accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Location
Groningen, NL
Type
hospital · University of Groningen
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#556 · 6 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 6 from 3 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-17.
Matched to University Medical Center Groningen, including child institutions. 1,023 works · 14,358 citations · 91% open access · 11% clinical trials · 3% reviews.
Oncology works per year
2412022
2052023
1922024
2382025
1472026
Most works
- Marc G. Besselink83 works
- Geke A.P. Hospers74 works
- Bas Groot Koerkamp73 works
- Vincent E. de Meijer65 works
- Ignace H. J. T. de Hingh65 works
- Martijn W.J. Stommel61 works
- Tom van Meerten57 works
- Hjalmar C. van Santvoort55 works
- Esther C. J. Consten53 works
- Ellen Kapiteijn49 works
Most cited
- Proton therapy
- Molecular imaging (immuno-PET)
- Lung and breast cancer research
- Paediatric oncology
Ate van der Zee
Chair of the Executive Board (voorzitter Raad van Bestuur), University Medical Center Groningen
Academic hospital governanceHospital management
Professor who chairs the executive board of University Medical Center Groningen, the academic hospital in the northern Netherlands that houses the UMCG Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Lukas B. Been
Representative of University Medical Center Groningen Comprehensive Cancer Center to the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes
Cancer centre representation (OECI)
Lukas B. Been represents University Medical Center Groningen Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes, which lists the centre among its members in The Netherlands.
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