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Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
One of only a handful of dedicated cancer hospitals in England, serving South Yorkshire and beyond since 1970.
Also called: Weston Park Hospital
Overview
Weston Park Hospital opened in 1970 and is one of a small number of dedicated NHS cancer hospitals in England, now run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Weston Park Cancer Centre. It provides radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, teenage and young adult cancer care and a large clinical trials unit for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and parts of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Research with the University of Sheffield includes bone oncology and bone metastasis (the Mellanby Centre), sarcoma, and radiotherapy, and the Weston Park Cancer Charity funds research and patient support on site.
Location
Sheffield, GB
Type
cancer center · University of Sheffield
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#408 · 14 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 14 from 7 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 Weston Park Cancer Centre, including child institutions. 59 works · 518 citations · 75% open access · 17% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
132022
62023
152024
102025
152026
Most works
- Jonathan Wadsley7 works
- Sam Khan6 works
- M. Hatton6 works
- S. Danson6 works
- David Greenfield5 works
- Sophie Williams4 works
- Alice Dewdney4 works
- Jacqui Gath4 works
- Janet E. Brown4 works
- Tim Robinson4 works
Most cited
- Radiotherapy
- Bone metastasis research
- Clinical trials
- Teenage and young adult cancer
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