About PRC
The European Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC) aims at improving the patient-centred part of modern cancer care through research, dissemination and implementation of research findings in an international setting.
The PRC coordinates groups and individual researchers across Europe along with researchers in North America and Australia, and consists of 25 core collaborating centres.
PRC is affiliated at Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. It was established in 2009 at Trondheim University Hospital and The Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU with recommendations and support from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC). These are still major collaborators with and contributors to PRC.
Research strategy
PRC performs national and international collaborative studies and conduct clinical research by use of different methodologies of clinical cancer research: prospective intervention studies, assessment and classification, implementation research and translational research. The clinical studies in the coming five-year period will focus on host-related factors in cancer patients. Further, PRC will systemize new and existing knowledge into evidence-based guidelines. Networking, dissemination, education and implementation is emphasized in collaboration with Norwegian Cancer Society.
Funding
The main sources of funding of PRC are The Norwegian Cancer Society, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Trondheim University Hospital. Additional support has been awarded by main collaborating centres: Istituto Tumori in Milan, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds, Princess Margareth Hospital in Toronto, Telemark Hospital, Ghent University and Rigshospitalet in Cobenhagen.