# Barts Cancer Institute / Barts Health NHS Trust

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## TL;DR

London's oldest hospital paired with Queen Mary's cancer institute, known for pancreatic cancer, blood cancers and tumour microenvironment research.

## Summary

St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded in 1123, hosts the Barts Cancer Centre of Barts Health NHS Trust, while the Barts Cancer Institute of Queen Mary University of London is a Cancer Research UK centre and part of the CRUK City of London Centre with UCL, King's and the Crick. Research strengths include pancreatic cancer (Barts Pancreas Tissue Bank), the tumour microenvironment (Frances Balkwill), haemato-oncology and CAR-T (John Gribben), prostate and lung cancer, and cancer prevention and screening in East London's diverse population. The hospital is a regional centre for CAR-T, stem cell transplantation, radiotherapy and robotic surgery.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: BCI; St Bartholomew's Hospital; Barts Cancer Centre
- City: London, GB
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.bartscancer.london

## Sources

- Barts Cancer Institute: https://www.bartscancer.london

## Connected records

- cancers: [Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/cll/), [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/), [Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)](https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/)
- fronts: [Cell Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/cell-therapy/), [Immunotherapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/immunotherapy/)
- technologies: [CAR-T cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/car-t/), [Immune checkpoint inhibitors](https://onco.cc/technologies/checkpoint-inhibitor/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/)
- institutions: [Cancer Research UK](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/), [Cancer Research UK City of London Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk-city-of-london-centre/), [North East London Cancer Alliance](https://onco.cc/institutions/north-east-london-cancer-alliance/), [The Francis Crick Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/francis-crick/), [University College London Hospitals / UCL Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/uclh/)
- people: [Jack Cuzick](https://onco.cc/people/jack-cuzick/), [Nitzan Rosenfeld](https://onco.cc/people/nitzan-rosenfeld/), [Peter Sasieni](https://onco.cc/people/peter-sasieni/), [Peter Schmid](https://onco.cc/people/peter-schmid/), [Shane DeGaris](https://onco.cc/people/shane-degaris/), [Thomas Powles](https://onco.cc/people/thomas-powles/)
- bottlenecks: [Cold tumours and the immunosuppressive microenvironment](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-tme-immunosuppression/), [Trials do not represent the people who get cancer](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-trial-diversity/)
- trials: [STARPAC2](https://onco.cc/trials/starpac2/)

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