Advanced analysis

THE INTEGRATED PATHOLOGY UNIT (IPU) – one of the first in England – is now open, enabling researchers to develop new diagnostic tests for cancer and speed up the results process. The IPU brings pathology into the modern era by using state-of-the-art laboratory techniques, digital imaging tools and artificial intelligence to analyse tissue samples. These new technologies will help our pathologists diagnose cancer faster and more precisely than traditional laboratory methods, and could change the way cancer patients are treated in the future. The facility is a joint venture with our academic partner The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR), and is funded by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, the ICR and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at The Royal Marsden and the ICR.