Presentation of the Centre

The Centre Eugène Marquis - regional reference centre for cancer management of the Brittany region of France and member of UNICANCER network - was created in 1923, and was established as a regional cancer centre in 1945. It is an academic non-profit private institution that participates in the public health care system, in relation with Rennes’ University. Its missions involve patients’ care (including prevention), education and research, all focused on cancer.

The centre employs 585 health care professionals, dedicated to surgery (breast and skin only), radiotherapy (5 linac including 1 Cyberknife, an MRI-Linac and a brachytherapy unit), medical therapy (solid tumors), conventional (CT-scan and MRI) and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine (diagnostic and therapeutic), biology and supportive care. A total of 22 000 patients per year are treated in the institution (including 8 300 new patients/year).

Main Research Activities

At the Centre Eugène Marquis the research spreads from preclinical studies to clinical trials. Three domains are the core research activities of the center: breast tumors, hepato-biliary tumors, and image-guided radiotherapy. In these domains, prospective multicentric trials coordinated by the centre led to improvement in patient care. Emerging domains are the development of data science, cancer prevention, ethics and early phases trials, focusing on immunotherapy.

Core Facilities

The Centre Eugène Marquis provides facilities for all types of cancer treatments (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, interventional radiology, and nuclear medicine), as well as imaging modalities, and includes both in-patient and ambulatory care (medical,brachytherapy and surgical). A department of supportive and palliative care delivers medical and non-medical supportive interventions. The Centre hosts 3 Inserm research units (focused in cancer biology and image/big data processing), closely linked to the clinical research department (including a dedicated research ward with early phase accreditation) certified ISO 9001.

Education

The Centre Eugène Marquis is an academic centre, with a convention with the Rennes 1 university to provide education to medical students, at regional as well as national and international level. The institution includes several faculty members belonging to the different departments and provides teaching to nurses and other health professionals.