Since 2007, the IPSCC has brought together PhD students from top cancer research institutes across Europe.

The conference's focus spans from basic to translational, including clinical and epidemiological areas of cancer research, as the whole spectrum of cancer research will contribute to our better understanding of cancer and the improvement of treatments for cancer patients.

This joint meeting is for PhD students from the following participating institutes:

• Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, UK (host)

• Max Delbrück Center (MDC), Berlin, Germany

• CRUK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK

• German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

• CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK

• School of Cancer Sciences , University of Glasgow, UK

• CRUK Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Oxford, UK

• CRUK City of London, London, UK

• Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK

• European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, Italy

• Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

• Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Cancer Research Karolinska Institutet (CRKI), Stockholm, Sweden

• Institut Curie, Paris