Research hub dedicated to the fight against cancer, the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer of the Université de Montréal strives to shed light on the mechanisms of the disease in order to discover more effective new therapies. Its multidisciplinary model and its innovative way of approaching research are based on the complementary expertise of its laboratories that contribute to the advancement of knowledge on a daily basis.

Cancer research provides hope. It has led to extraordinary advances over the last few decades: the cancer-related mortality rate has decreased, prevention is omnipresent, there is earlier stage screening, and treatments are more and more conclusive.