Brazil opens flagship cancer research centre
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The new headquarters of the Brazilian government’s International Centre for Cancer Research and Education (CIPE) promise to both strengthen and raise the profile of the country’s oncological R&D, according to the education ministry. The centre, which was inaugurated last week, is located within the São Paulo grounds of the A C Camargo cancer hospital. Billed as one of Latin America’s leading clinical oncology centres, it boasts state-of-the-art technology, including the capacity to perform techniques such as endonasal laparoscopic brain surgery. The complex is operated by the Antônio Prudente foundation, headed by the scientist Dr Ricardo Brentani.