German Cancer Research Center

national cancer research center in Heidelberg, Germany
Organization hospital Q449325
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German Cancer Research Center was founded in 1964. Its headquarters are in Heidelberg.

It has the legal form of a public foundation.[1] Its parent organization is the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

Key Facts

  • Field of work: oncology[3]
  • Member of: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres[4], Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes[5], Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[6], German National Research Data Infrastructure[7], ELIXIR Germany[8]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Heidelberg[9]
  • Country: Germany[10]
  • Instance of: research institute[11], foundation[12], nonprofit organization[13]
  • Headquarters location: Heidelberg[14]
  • Child organization or unit: Heidelberger Institut für Radioonkologie[15]
  • Commons category: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (Heidelberg)[16]
  • Industry: hospitals and rehabilitation[17], research[18]
  • Has part(s): Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Zentralbibliothek[19]
  • Inception: 1964[20]
  • Parent organization or unit: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres[21], Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space[22]
  • Official website: https://www.dkfz.de/en/index.html[23], https://www.dkfz.de/de/index.html[24]
  • Legal form: public foundation[25]
  • Short name: DKFZ[26]
  • Total revenue: 319,000,000 euro[27]
  • IPv6 routing prefix: 2001:638:210::/48[28]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.dkfz.de/en/privacy-policy[29]
  • Social media followers: 23[30], 24[31], 15,352[32]

Why It Matters

German Cancer Research Center has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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  1. [10] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . dfn.de. Retrieved . dfn.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . nfdi.de. nfdi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . dkfz.de. Retrieved . dkfz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . dkfz.de. Retrieved . dkfz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . dkfz.de. Retrieved . dkfz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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