DKFZ is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany and a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers.

In more than 100 divisions and research groups, our more than 3,000 employees, of which more than 1,200 are scientists, are investigating the mechanisms of cancer, are identifying cancer risk factors and are trying to find strategies to prevent people from getting cancer.

They are developing novel approaches to make tumor diagnosis more precise and treatment of cancer patients more successful.

In 2008, a very special distinction was the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Professor Harald zur Hausen, who discovered that human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer.

The NWC continues to support the project “Head & throat cancer” at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). The results of the project will be for the benefit of all