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Children's Cancer Research Institute
Last update on: 01/19/2009
The Children's Cancer Research Institute has significantly contributed to successful and gentle forms of treatment.
Facts
- 1986 founded in Vienna
- Since its foundation close cooperation with numerous Austrian and international bio-medical research institutes.
- Today the Children's Cancer Research Institute is considered one of the leading institutions in the field of children's cancer research.
- A big contributing factor to this success is the functioning cooperation between basic research, clinical practice and praxis under one roof.
Amongst the research successes are:
- the detection of minimal tumour cells in blood and bone marrow.
- Treatment successes through blood and stem cell transplantation
- Pilot studies regarding the clinical implementation of a tumour vaccine
