The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research is an integral part of the oncology centre at Christie Hospital, a specialist cancer hospital serving the North West of England and is part of the newly merged University of Manchester.

The Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) has been established in The University of Manchester following the transfer of the Paterson Research Institute to the University.

The Institute supports a number of investigative programmes, spanning both basic and translational cancer research. It has excellent laboratory facilities and outstanding core services, including microarrays, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, histology, and access to mass-spectrometry based proteomics.

The Institute has over 200 postdoctoral scientists, clinical fellows, scientific officers, administrative and technical staff, postgraduate research students and visiting fellows.

Paterson Institute for Cancer Research became full UICC member in 1983.