Institut Curie

About Institut Curie

A foundation recognized as being of public utility, Institut Curie combines one of Europe's largest cancer research centers with two leading hospital facilities. Founded in 1909 on a model conceived by Marie Curie and still avant-garde, "from fundamental research to innovative care," Institut Curie brings together 3,000 researchers, doctors, caregivers, technicians, and administrative staff. Care The Institut Curie Hospital Group is a reference center for breast cancers, eye tumors, and pediatric cancers, among others. Research To advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancers, biologists, chemists, physicists, bioinformaticians, and doctors are mobilizing in a multidisciplinary research effort to fight cancer. Fundamental, translational, and clinical research are all means that Institut Curie deploys in its Research Center, its Translational Research Department, and its Hospital Group to advance oncology.