Swiss Cancer Centre
The Swiss Cancer Center - Leman is an alliance against cancer forged between several academic and clinical institutions: the University Hospital of Lausnne , the University Hospitals of Geneva, the University of Lausanne, the University of Geneva and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, as well as privileged partners.
This alliance brings together, under a united and regional identity, all the specialists involved in the path from bench to bedside. Focusing their efforts on emerging fields within oncology, the partner institutions intend to develop innovative strategies such as immunotherapy and precision oncology to achieve personalized and predictive medical strategies that will ultimately revolutionize patient care.
The SCCL conducts its research in a network of laboratories located within its constituent institutions.
Executive committee
The SCCL Executive Committee is composed of the senior directors in oncology of its partner institutions:- Professor George Coukos, Head of the Department of oncology UNIL CHUV
- Professor Douglas Hanahan, Director of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research at EPFL
- Professor Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Head of the Department of oncology HUG UNIGE