# Hospital del Mar / Hospital del Mar Research Institute

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## TL;DR

Barcelona's seaside university hospital, whose research institute under Joaquín Arribas leads HER2 biology and CAR-T against breast cancer.

## Summary

Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (formerly IMIM) form a cancer programme with Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Joaquín Arribas, director of the institute, characterised the truncated p95HER2 receptor and developed CAR-T and T-cell engager approaches against it, and Joan Albanell's medical oncology group is a leading breast cancer trialist within the SOLTI network. The hospital runs a comprehensive cancer service including radiotherapy, hepatobiliary surgery and haematology, an early-phase unit, and population cancer epidemiology through its public health research groups.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: IMIM; Parc de Salut Mar
- City: Barcelona, ES
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.hospitaldelmar.cat

## Sources

- Hospital del Mar: https://www.hospitaldelmar.cat

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [HER2-positive breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-her2-positive/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/)
- fronts: [Cell Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/cell-therapy/), [Targeted Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/targeted-therapy/)
- technologies: [CAR-T cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/car-t/), [Monoclonal antibodies](https://onco.cc/technologies/monoclonal-antibody/), [T-cell engagers (bispecific)](https://onco.cc/technologies/t-cell-engager/)
- targets: [HER2](https://onco.cc/targets/her2/)
- drugs: [Trastuzumab](https://onco.cc/drugs/trastuzumab/)
- institutions: [Hospital Clínic de Barcelona / IDIBAPS](https://onco.cc/institutions/hospital-clinic-barcelona/), [Vall d'Hebron University Hospital / VHIO](https://onco.cc/institutions/vall-dhebron/)
- people: [Jaume Raventós i Monjo](https://onco.cc/people/jaume-raventos-i-monjo/), [Joaquín Arribas](https://onco.cc/people/joaquin-arribas/)

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