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Velindre Cancer Centre
Wales's specialist non-surgical cancer centre, providing radiotherapy and systemic therapy for south-east Wales and hosting the Wales Cancer Research Centre.
Also called: Velindre University NHS TrustCanolfan Ganser Felindre
Overview
Velindre Cancer Centre, part of Velindre University NHS Trust, has provided specialist cancer treatment in Cardiff since 1956 and is the tertiary radiotherapy and medical oncology centre for south-east Wales. With Cardiff University it hosts the Wales Cancer Research Centre and the Wales Cancer Trials Unit, which coordinates UK and international trials in lung, colorectal, prostate and rare cancers, and works with the Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre. A new Velindre Cancer Centre is being built to expand radiotherapy, stereotactic and clinical trials capacity. The trust also runs the Welsh Blood Service and supports outreach clinics across the region.
Location
Cardiff, GB
Type
cancer center · Cardiff University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#125 · 36 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 36 from 18 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 Velindre Cancer Centre, including child institutions. 91 works · 1,075 citations · 69% open access · 19% clinical trials · 1% reviews.
Oncology works per year
252022
172023
232024
172025
92026
Most works
- Richard Adams23 works
- Benoist Chibaudel16 works
- John Zalcberg15 works
- Aimery de Gramont14 works
- Takayuki Yoshino14 works
- Qian Shi12 works
- Eric Van Cutsem12 works
- Tim Maughan11 works
- Carsten Bokemeyer8 works
- Josep Tabernero7 works
Most cited
- Radiotherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy
- Wales Cancer Trials Unit
- Wales Cancer Research Centre
- Systemic anticancer therapy outreach
Carl James
Chief Executive, Velindre University NHS Trust
NHS leadershipCancer servicesHealth system management
Chief executive of the Welsh health trust that runs Velindre Cancer Centre, the specialist cancer hospital for south east Wales.
Jacinta Abraham
Representative of Velindre Cancer Centre to the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes
Cancer centre representation (OECI)
Jacinta Abraham represents Velindre Cancer Centre in the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes, which lists the centre among its members in United Kingdom.
Tim Maughan
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Oxford
Advanced colorectal cancerMolecularly stratified platform trialsRadiation oncology
The oncologist who led COIN, which showed that adding cetuximab to first-line chemotherapy did not extend life even in RAS wild-type bowel cancer, and who ran the UK's molecularly stratified platform trial.
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