Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit

In July 2008, the new Breast Cancer Research Unit was officially opened. The Unit will provide a focus for all clinical and translational research into breast cancer at Addenbrooke’s. It was funded by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust with contributions from Pink Rose Dinner.

Prof Carlos Caldas, Director of the Unit (right), with Louise Maddison, a trustee of the Clare King Charitable Trust, a major donor to the Unit.

Dr Sarah-Jane Dawson demonstrating a cell-search system in the Unit bought with a donation from the Clare King Charitable Trust.

The research unit works in conjunction with the Cambridge Breast Unit which provides a world class multi-disciplinary team of specialists in radiology, surgery and reconstruction, oncology, histopathology, cancer genetics and nursing, all working together to provide the most effective diagnosis and treatment for each individual patient. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, affecting more than one in nine people. In the UK as a whole, around 44,000 women and 324 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. The good news is that more people than ever are surviving the disease as a result of early diagnosis and improved treatment.