# Institut Paoli-Calmettes

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## TL;DR

The Institut Paoli-Calmettes is the Unicancer comprehensive cancer centre for Marseille and Provence, founded in 1925; it runs a large allogeneic transplant and leukaemia programme, high-volume pancreatic surgery and an early-phase unit within the Marseille Immunopôle cluster.

## Summary

Founded in 1925, the Institut Paoli-Calmettes is the UNICANCER comprehensive cancer centre for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Its research arm is the Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM, with Inserm, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université), and it belongs to the Marseille Immunopôle cluster alongside the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy. Clinical strengths include a major allogeneic transplant and leukaemia programme, high-volume pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery, breast oncology under Anthony Gonçalves, and an early-phase unit. It runs a large tumour biobank and a molecular profiling programme for patients across the region.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: IPC; Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer de Marseille; University Hospitals of Marseille; Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC)
- City: Marseille, FR
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.institutpaolicalmettes.fr

## Sources

- Homepage: https://www.institutpaolicalmettes.fr
- CRCM: https://crcm.fr

## Connected records

- cancers: [Acute myeloid leukaemia](https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/), [Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)](https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/)
- fronts: [Cell Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/cell-therapy/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [Allogeneic (off-the-shelf) cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/allogeneic-cell-therapy/), [CAR-T cell therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/car-t/), [Comprehensive genomic profiling](https://onco.cc/technologies/cgp/)
- companies: [UNICANCER](https://onco.cc/companies/unicancer/)
- people: [Anthony Gonçalves](https://onco.cc/people/anthony-goncalves/), [Norbert Vey](https://onco.cc/people/norbert-vey/)
- institutions: [Hôpital de la Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille](https://onco.cc/institutions/ap-hm-timone/), [Institut Sainte Catherine](https://onco.cc/institutions/institut-sainte-catherine/)

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