Combining disciplines and their expertise to push back cancer

On the Nantes–Angers university hospital site, the SIRIC ILIAD leads integrated research of excellence against cancer by combining the know-how of doctors and researchers from a multitude of disciplines (nuclear medicine, oncology, hematology, biological sciences, human and social sciences, epidemiology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics) with the logic of opening-up the disciplines. It brings together medical, scientific, and technological strengths :

• Care and clinical cancer research teams from 3 health establishments  (CHUs and CLCC) in the Pays de la Loire,
• 30 research teams from 9 laboratories (Inserm, Universities, Ecole Centrale, Arronax, Cancer Registry, …)
• 28 technological platforms, infrastructures and support structures  from fundamental, translational and clinical research

Our ambition :

Become a hub of international excellence in cancer research

By relying on a research and care continuum, the ambitions of the SIRIC ILIAD are to :

• Conduct integrated research of excellence against cancer on the Nantes–Angers site, as close as possible to our patients, for better management at a prognostic and therapeutic level
• Develop tools to predict quality of life during the care pathway and on returning to work after treatment has finished
• Accelerate the transfer of scientific innovation to the clinics to benefit the patients and medical progress
• Encourage the dissemination of research results  to the general public and health professionals and reinforce the town-hospital connection by training practitioners
• Reinforce the links with patients’ associations  for a better understanding of research and considering the patients’ expectations
• Contribute to the structuring of the Nantes-Angers site by encouraging the implementation of common research infrastructures
• Increase the visibility and appeal of the research teams, both nationally and internationally