# Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital

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## TL;DR

Northern Ireland's regional cancer centre, opened at Belfast City Hospital in 2006 and paired with Queen's University Belfast's Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research.

## Summary

The Northern Ireland Cancer Centre opened in 2006 on the Belfast City Hospital site as the single regional centre for radiotherapy and specialist cancer treatment for Northern Ireland's population, run by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. It provides radiotherapy, systemic therapy, haematology and clinical trials, and is linked with the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen's University Belfast, whose research in colorectal and prostate cancer, DNA damage response and digital pathology feeds the centre's Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and the Northern Ireland Biobank.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: NICC; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Tags: nhs-specialist-cancer-centre
- City: Belfast, GB
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://belfasttrust.hscni.net

## Sources

- Official website: https://belfasttrust.hscni.net

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- terms: [Radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/terms/radiotherapy/)
- people: [Jennifer Welsh](https://onco.cc/people/jennifer-welsh/)
- institutions: [Belfast Health and Social Care Trust HPB service](https://onco.cc/institutions/belfast-trust-hpb/)

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