# St. Anna Children's Hospital and Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI)

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## TL;DR

Vienna's children's cancer hospital and its research institute, the coordinating centre of the European SIOPEN neuroblastoma trials led by Ruth Ladenstein.

## Summary

St. Anna Children's Hospital is Austria's largest paediatric oncology centre and is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna; the adjoining St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) carries out laboratory and clinical research. The hospital's Studies and Statistics unit, led by Ruth Ladenstein, coordinates the SIOP Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) high-risk neuroblastoma trials, including the HR-NBL1 trial that established busulfan-melphalan conditioning and dinutuximab beta immunotherapy in Europe.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Also known as: St. Anna Kinderspital; St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung; CCRI Vienna
- City: Vienna, AT
- Type: hospital

## Connected records

- cancers: [Neuroblastoma (paediatric)](https://onco.cc/cancers/neuroblastoma/)
- people: [Ruth Ladenstein](https://onco.cc/people/ruth-ladenstein/)

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