Connecting stakeholders | Anticancerfund
Independent research fund focusing on cancer treatments

Connecting stakeholders

The ACF is just a small part of the enormous 'cancer research ecosystem'.

The Anticancer Fund is just a small part of the enormous cancer research ecosystem. We cannot act alone. As an independent non-profit organisation, it is our responsibility to support collaboration and facilitate synergies, as we can do more if we work together.

We seek to do more with less

The ACF is just a small part of the enormous cancer research ecosystem. We cannot act alone. As an independent non-profit organisation, it is our responsibility to support collaboration and facilitate synergies, as we can do more if we work together. Money for cancer research should be spent as efficiently as possible. Knowledge should be shared and expertise made available across all boundaries.

Engagement with other non-profit organisations

Cancer organisations all work toward the same goal: finding a cure for cancer, increasing the number of treatment options available and enhancing quality of life of cancer patients. But, funding is required for progress. The better we can coordinate use of funding, the greater the return to patients.

Discover our partners

Joint funding of clinical trials

Trials can be extremely expensive, and multiple funding sources may be needed. The ACF encourages, facilitates and catalyses co-funding models. For example, the Alexine Clarysse Fund and KickCancer co-fund the Metro-PD1 trial. Also pharmaceutical companies grant support to trials we are involved in, even though they wouldn't initiate such trials themselves: read more.

“As the main cancer organisation in Flanders (Belgium), Kom op tegen Kanker is proud to co-fund trials with the Anticancer Fund, such as the PRIMMO trial. Working together strengthens our impact.”

Marc Michils, Kom op tegen Kanker, The Anticancer Fund encourages, facilitates and catalyses co-funding models.
Marc Michils, Kom op tegen Kanker

Earmarked research

Some cancer organisations are too small to organise research. In many cases, we put our structure and expertise at their disposal. We discuss how we can invest their resources in research that aligns with their mission, and openly collaborate on study design, progress, etc. Funding is transferred 1-1 and invested in research. Operational costs are supported by the ACF, thanks to its founder Luc Verelst.

More about our Fund

OUR PROMISE