Fondazione AIRC per la ricerca sul cancro
Italy's main charitable funder of cancer research, supporting thousands of investigators at IEO, the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori and universities nationwide.
Founded in 1965 by Umberto Veronesi and colleagues, AIRC funds investigator grants, the large multi-centre 5x1000 programmes, fellowships and start-up grants, and is the largest non-governmental funder of cancer research in Italy. It has supported the Milan groups behind breast-conserving surgery, sentinel node biopsy and the molecular oncology of leukaemia, and continues to fund immunotherapy, metastasis and early-detection programmes. AIRC's public campaigns (Oranges for Health, Azaleas for Research) are a national fixture, and its FIRC-Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Milan is a dedicated research institute.
- Investigator grants and 5x1000 programmes
- IFOM institute
- Fellowships and early-career awards
- Public fundraising campaigns
Molecular oncologist who characterised PML-RARα in acute promyelocytic leukaemia and studies cancer stem cells.
Breast oncologist and phase 1 leader who co-led DESTINY-Breast06 and shaped the HER2-low concept.