Institut curie - activities

Course des Lumières 2024, the Paris night race against cancer

The Institut Curie is once again inviting all runners to the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville on November 16, 2024 for another edition of the Course des Lumières, a sporting event in aid of cancer research. Would you prefer a 4km walk or a 5 or 10km run?

Pink October 2024 at the Institut Curie: take part in the 20,000 pouches for Curie challenge

Once again this year, the Institut Curie is calling on our solidarity and creativity. For this year's edition of Pink October, the month of breast cancer awareness and screening, the Institut Curie is issuing us with a solidarity challenge: together, let's create 20,000 pink pouches for Curie!

A Daffodil against cancer at the Pantheon, the solidarity village to be discovered in 2024

A Daffodil Against Cancer is the Institut Curie's annual campaign to raise public awareness of the fight against cancer. From March 12 to 16, 2024, the Panthéon will host a village of flowers and solidarity.

The Daffodil Race Against Cancer: everything you need to know about the 2024 edition

The Institut Curie is proposing a connected challenge for the Daffodil Race Against Cancer: from March 12 to 24, 2024, accumulate as many kilometers as possible by running or walking. For every kilometer you cover, a donation will be made to the Institut Curie by the event's major partner. Put on your sneakers and support cancer research.

Health: Paris hospitals still among the world's best in several specialties

According to the American magazine Newsweek, several AP-HP hospitals are still well placed in the rankings of the world's best hospitals, particularly in neurology, oncology and cardiology.

Paris: a historic Institut Curie building soon to be demolished in the 5th arrondissement?

In order to expand the Institut Curie cancer center, a number of historic buildings are to be demolished where Marie Curie herself once worked. A decision that has raised concerns among heritage conservationists, notably the Commission du Vieux Paris.