Members

On 7 May 2009, both the Victorian and Australian Governments announced funding for the construction of a $1 billion comprehensive cancer centre in Parkville, Melbourne. Construction will begin in 2011, and be completed by the end of 2015.

The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Victorian CCC) will drive leadership and innovation in the fields of cancer treatment, research and education by having the largest concentration of cancer clinicians and researchers in the southern hemisphere, ranking it among the top ten cancer centres in the world.

The Victorian CCC will include 196 inpatient beds, 110 same-day treatment places, eight medi-hotel beds, eight radiation therapy bunkers, and more than 30,000 square metres of research space capable of accommodating up to 1,400 cancer researchers.

Seven member organisations will come together to create a centre of excellence that facilitates the rapid translation of ground-breaking discoveries from ‘bench to bedside’, attracting the best and brightest researchers and clinicians and drawing international investment and research collaborations.

Member Organisations

The seven members have established the Victorian CCC as a joint venture.

• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• Melbourne Health (which includes The Royal Melbourne Hospital)
• The University of Melbourne
• Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Melbourne - Parkville Branch
• The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• The Royal Women’s Hospital
• The Royal Children’s Hospital

www.health.vic.gov.au/victorianccc/

Site of the new Victorian CCC facility