Joint Annual Research Report 2004 - The Royal Marsden

INTERNET RESOURCES
Research Reports
on the Internet
Research areas on The Institute and the Royal Marsden
websites provide comprehensive reports of our research
programmes, details of newly awarded research grants,
and a searchable publications database.
The Institute and the Royal Marsden together form the
largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, and one
of the largest in the world. Our extensive research
programme ranges from basic laboratory research in
molecular cell biology, cancer genetics, radiation physics,
and drug development, through clinical trials involving
cancer patients, to healthcare research and
epidemiological studies in the human population.
The review articles in
this report describe
only a handful of our
research developments.
Further research
achievements and
research projects
currently underway can
be explored on The
Institute and the Royal
Marsden websites:
http://www.icr.ac.uk/research.html
http://www.royalmarsden.org/research
Our research resources on the Internet should keep
you up to date with our progress throughout the year.
Research projects
Our clinical and basic research programmes
extend across the causes, prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of cancer, and may be categorised into
seven broad themes:
Cancer biology
Cancer genetics
Cancer therapeutics
Molecular pathology
Radiotherapy
Imaging research and cancer diagnosis
Health research
A searchable database of almost 1,000 current and
recently completed projects is available online, at:
http://www.icr.ac.uk/projects
You can search the projects database by keyword,
researcher’s name, department, funding body and
research theme, and you may also browse a list of all
projects. Illustrated reports, describing the project’s
objectives and findings, are displayed for most of the
projects (see Figure 1).
Research publications
During 2004, Institute and Royal Marsden scientists
published over 380 primary research articles in peerreviewed
journals, such as the New England Journal
of Medicine, Nature and Cell, to name just a few.
Many of our world-class researchers were also
invited to contribute review articles to some of the
most prestigious journals in their fields. More than
80 review articles were published, including articles
in Nature Reviews: Molecular Cell Biology, Cancer
Cell and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
A full listing of all our research publications
for 2004 and other years is available through the
online Research Publications Database, at:
http://miref.icr.ac.uk